Entries examine theory, research, and debates as they relate to media violence in a manner that is accessible and jargon-free to help readers better understand questions from varied perspectives. From Aggression and Animated Cartoons to V-chips and War Toys, this work provides balanced, comprehensive coverage of this hot-button issue.

Table of Contents

• List of Entries
• Reader's Guide
• About the Editor
• Contributors
• Introduction
• Entries
• Advertising, Influence on Society
• Advertising, Violent Content in
• Advertising Laws Regarding Violent and Aggressive Content
• African Americans in Media, Character Depictions and Social Representation of
• Aggression, Definition and Assessment of
• Aggression, Risk Factors of
• Aggression and Affect
• Aggression and Anger
• Aggression and Attachment
• Aggression and Brain Functioning
• Aggression and Culture
• Aggression in Youth
• Aggressive Behavior
• Aggressive Personality
• Arousal and Aggressive Content, Theory and Psychology of
• Asians in Media, Character Depictions and Social Representation of
• Attitude, Effects of Media Violence on
• Audience Interpretation of Media Violence, Effects of
• Bobo Doll Studies
• Boundary Testing
• Bullying, Definition and Laws of
• Catharsis Theory
• Censorship of Violent Content
• Character Development Within Violent Content
• Cognition: Schemas and Scripts
• Cognitive Psychology of Violence
• Cognitive Script Theory and the Dynamics of Cognitive Scripting
• Comedic Violence, Effects of
• Competition, Sports, and Video Games
• Cross-Cultural Perspectives
• Cultivating Content and the Social Representation of Violence
• Cultivation Theory
• Cultural Voyeurism
• Culture of Violence
• Cyberbullying, Definition and Effects of
• Cyberbullying, Violent Content in
• Cyberbullying Laws
• Demographic Effects
• Desensitization Effects on Society
• Developmental Effects
• Drench Effects From Video Games
• Drench Hypothesis
• Effect Size in Media Violence, Research and Effects of
• Effects From Violent Media, Short- and Long-Term
• Effects of Media Violence on Relational Aggression
• Emergent Public Health Issue: Effects of Violence
• Ethical Development, Effects on
• Ethical Issues in Researching Media Violence Effects
• Excitation-Transfer Theory
• Exposure to Violent Content, Effects on Child Development
• Fantasy Genre, Violence and Aggression in
• Fear Reactions to Violent Content
• Federal Communications Commission
• Films, Representation of Violence and Its Effects in
• First Amendment Protections and Freedom of Expression
• First-Person Perspective, Violent Content From
• Flow Theory
• Forbidden Fruit Hypothesis
• Gender, Effects of Violent Content on
• Gender and Aggression
• Gender Stereotypes, Societal Influence on
• General Aggression Model
• Genetics of Aggressive Behavior
• Grand Theft Auto
• Grand Theft Auto, Social Representations in
• Group Aggression
• Identity, Media Violence and Its Effects on
• Interactive Media, Aggressive Outcomes of
• International Perspective on Media Violence
• Internet Blocking
• Internet Content, Effects of Violent
• Internet Violence, Influence on Society
• Internet Violence Laws
• Latinos in Media, Character Depictions and Social Representation of
• Legislating Media Violence: Law and Policy
• Lineation Theory
• Longitudinal Research Findings on the Effects of Violent Content
• Marketing of Violence
• Media as a Reflection of Society
• Media Education and Media Literacy
• Media Effects Perspectives of Violence
• Media Rating Systems
• Media Violence, Definitions and Context of
• Memory and Violence
• Methodologies for Assessing Effects of Media
• Moral Development, Effects of Media Violence on
• Music Videos and Lyrics, Violent Content in
• Narrative, Effects of Violent
• National Television Violence Study
• News, the Presentation and Effects of Violent Content in
• Parasocial Relationships
• Pediatricians and Media Violence
• Peer Influence on Violent Content Effects
• Pornography, Violent Content in
• Pornography, Violent Content in: Effects of
• Presence Theory
• Priming Theory
• Psychobiology of Violence
• Psychopathology and Susceptibility to Violence
• Race-Based Attributes in Video Games, Influence on Hostility
• Rap Lyrics, Effects of Violent Content in
• Rape Perceptions
• Rating Systems, Film
• Rating Systems, Television
• Rating Systems, Video Games
• Realism of Violent Content, Real-World Violence on Television, and Their Effects
• Reasons for Consuming Violent Entertainment
• Regulating Systems, Internet
• Relational Aggression
• Screen Size and Violent Content, Effects of
• Sex in Media, Effects on Society
• Sexualized Aggression
• Situational Influences on Aggressive Reactions to Media Violence
• Social Aggression. See Relational Aggression
• Social Cognitive Theory
• Social Isolation
• Social Learning From Media
• Socialization of Violence in Media and Its Effects
• Sports, Violence and Aggression in
• Stereotyping in Violent Media Content
• Television Violence
• Trait Aggression
• Transportation Theory
• User Involvement in Violent Content, Effects of
• User Trends Toward Aggressive Games
• Uses and Gratifications Perspective of Media Effects
• Video Game Industry, Regulation Within the
• Video Game Platforms, Effects of
• Video Game Player and Opponent Effects
• Video Games, User Motivations
• Violence, Definition of
• Violence in Media, Effects on Aggression and Violent Crime
• Violent Artistic Expression
• Virtual Reality, Violent Content in
• Weapons in Violent Media Content, Use, Policy, and Effects of
• Resource Guide