Violent Video Game Effects on Children and Adolescents: Theory, Research, and Public Policy

by Craig A. Anderson, Douglas A. Gentile, Katherine E. Buckley

Book Overview

Violent video games are successfully marketed to and easily obtained by children and adolescents. Even the U.S. government distributes one such game, America's Army, through both the internet and its recruiting offices. Is there any scientific evidence to support the claims that violent games contribute to aggressive and violent behavior?

Anderson, Gentile, and Buckley first present an overview of empirical research on the effects of violent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195309839
• ISBN13: 9780195309836
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.4"