Is media violence a problem? / James D. Torr, book editor.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:At issue (San Diego, Calif.)
Other Authors: Torr, James D., 1974-
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Greenhaven Press, [2002], ©2002.
Series:At issue (San Diego, Calif.)
Subjects:
Mass media and children.
Mass media and teenagers.
Violence in mass media.
Children and violence.
Physical Description:95 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Media violence harms children / American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Research on the effects of media violence on children is inconclusive / Maggie Cutler
  • Violence on television is a serious problem / James T. Hamilton
  • Violence on television news programs is a serious problem / Rita Colorito
  • The problem of television violence is exaggerated / Jib Fowles
  • Violence in the movies is a serious problem / Robert W. Butler
  • Violence in video games is a serious problem / Eugene F. Provenzo Jr.
  • The problem of video game violence is exaggerated / Greg Costikyan
  • The glamorization of guns in rap music is a serious problem / Jay Nordlinger
  • The problem of violent themes in popular music is exaggerated / Hillary B. Rosen
  • Media violence makes people more violent / Gregg Easterbrook
  • The entertainment industry markets violent media to children / Charlie Condon
  • The problem of media violence is not serious enough to justify censorship / Wendy Kaminer.