Book Review: Aggression: Media Violence and its Effect on Aggression: Assessing the Scientific Evidence

Abstract

Villain or scapegoat? Media violence and aggression -- Method -- Survey research: are exposure to media and violence related? -- Laboratory experiments: controlled research in the laboratory -- Field experiments -- Longitudinal studies: the effect of early exposure to violent media on later aggression -- With and without television: comparing communities that have and do not have television -- Other approaches to assessing causality -- Desensitization: does exposure to media violence reduce responsiveness to subsequent media violence and/or real violence?