Does Playing Video Games Make Players More Violent?

by Barrie Gunter

This book is an academic work which reviews and critiques the research literature concerning violent games and their alleged effects on players. It examines the debates about the potential effects of these games and the divisions between scholars working in the field. It places the research on violent video games in the longer historical context of scholarly work on media violence. It examines research from around the world on the nature of video...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137579846
• ISBN13: 9781137579843
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.3"