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Does Playing Video Games Make Players More Violent?
Barrie Gunter
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Description for Does Playing Video Games Make Players More Violent?
Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JFD; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 218 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
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 games and their effects. It provides a critique of relevant theories of media violence effects and in particular theories developed within the older media violence literature and ... Read more
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 games and their effects. It provides a critique of relevant theories of media violence effects and in particular theories developed within the older media violence literature and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137579843
SKU
V9781137579843
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Ref
99-15
About Barrie Gunter
Barrie Gunter is Emeritus Professor at the Department of Media and Communication, University of Leicester. He is a psychologist by training who worked initially in the broadcasting sector as an audience researcher before switching to the academic world. Media violence has been one of his key areas of interest.
Reviews for Does Playing Video Games Make Players More Violent?
“In Does Playing Video Games Make Players More Violent? Gunter presents a broad review of research on video game effects, including some very early studies on general media effects up to and including relatively recent meta-analyses of violent video game effects. … This book might be useful as one of several texts in an undergraduate course on the history of ... Read more