Encyclopedia of Media Violence
Encyclopedia of Media Violence
Editor/Author
Eastin, Matthew S.
Publication Year: 2013
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Single-User Purchase Price:
$425.00

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$637.50
ISBN: 978-1-4129-3685-9
Category: Social Sciences - Media & Communications
Image Count:
8
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
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