Media Violence and Children

Douglas A. Gentile, PhD, is associate professor of developmental psychology at Iowa State University.

• ForewordMichael Rich, MD, MPHIntroductionDouglas A. GentileChapter 1 The Proliferation of Media Violence and Its Economic UnderpinningsJames J. Lindsay, Karen E. Dill-Shackleford, Kathryn B. Anderson, and Bruce D. BartholowChapter 2 Why Don't Media Violence Effects Look the Same on Everyone?: Developmental Approaches to Understanding Media EffectsDouglas A. GentileChapter 3 The Broader Effects of Media on Children and Adults: A Natural ExperimentTannis M. MacBethChapter 4 The Role of Theory in the Study of Media Violence: The General Aggression ModelCraig A. Anderson and Nicholas L. CarnageyChapter 5 Television Violence: Sixty Years of ResearchVictor C. Strasburger and Barbara J. WilsonChapter 6 Media and Fear in Children and AdolescentsJoanne Cantor and Karyn RiddleChapter 7 Meanness and Manipulation in the Media: Portrayals and Effects of Viewing Relational Aggression in the MediaSarah M. Coyne and Laura StockdaleChapter 8 Violent Video Game Effects on Aggressive Thoughts, Feelings, Physiology, and BehaviorCraig A. Anderson and Douglas A. GentileChapter 9 CyberbullyingSusan P. Limber, Robin M. Kowalski, and Patricia W. AgatstonChapter 10 The Effects of Violent and Antisocial Music on Children and AdolescentsWayne A. Warburton, Donald F. Roberts, and Peter G. ChristensonChapter 11 Cognitive Neuroscience Approaches to the Study of Media Violence EffectsBruce D. Bartholow and Tom A. HummerChapter 12 Answering the Attacks on the Media Violence ConsensusLaramie D. Taylor and L. Rowell HuesmannChapter 13 The Contribution of Meta-Analysis to the Controversy over Television Violence and AggressionGeorge Comstock, Erica Scharrer, and Jack PowersChapter 14 Media Violence and Public Policy: Where We Have Been and Where We Should Go NextDouglas A. Gentile and John P. MurrayChapter 15 The Frontiers of Media Violence ResearchW. James PotterAbout the Editor and ContributorsIndex