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Media Violence and Aggression: Science and Ideology Tom Grimes, James A. Anderson and Lori Bergen

Representations of violence in the media have been found in everything from cartoons to prime-time programmes, commercials, news broadcasts, feature films, and video games, bemoan Tom Grimes, James A. Anderson and Lori Bergen, the authors of Media Violence and Aggression: Science and Ideology ( www.sagepublications.com). Given the multiple definitions – or lack thereof – of violence, it is not surprising that every aspect of media has been identified as containing some sort of violence, they fret. A disturbing finding is that programmes targeted at children contain more violence than adult programmes. “Estimates have been given that the average young person will have viewed an estimated 2,00,000 acts of violence on television alone by the time he or she reaches age 18.” For an urgent read.

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