There has been much talk about violent media and the effect on our children, or adults as some would say. While our senators and governors play around on capital hill with accusations that are usually biased as hell (from both sides mind you) and point the finger in the wrong direction or at an illegitimate source, let us review some recent criminology findings.
This paper published by “Criminal Justice and Behavior” in 2008 compiled a more than adequate amount of research on the topic: The Effects of Media Violence Exposure On Criminal Aggression: A Metal Analysis. The authors did an excellent job of defining the current problems with our literature that we use, have looked at, and even replicate today. These problems include faulty statistics, defunct methodology, lack of actual aggression links, the idea of Demand Effect, the psychological and behavioral difference in pressing a button in a confined space…
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