Journal article
Media Violence and Social Neuroscience: New Questions and New Opportunities
Current directions in psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society, Vol.16(4), pp.178-182
08/2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2007.00499.x
Abstract
Decades of research have demonstrated that exposure to violence on television can cause increases in aggression. The recent emergence of violent video games has raised new questions regarding the effects of violent media. The General Aggression Model (GAM) predicts that exposure to violent media increases aggressive behavior through one of three primary pathways (arousal, cognitions, and affect). Past psychophysiological research has supported GAM but has been limited to examining arousal-related variables. Recent advances in social neuroscience have opened the door to investigations of exposure to violent media on cognitive and affective components and their neurocognitive underpinnings. Neuroscience tools have the potential to provide answers to the new questions posed by recent advances in media technology.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Media Violence and Social Neuroscience: New Questions and New Opportunities
- Creators
- Nicholas L. Carnagey - Wake Forest UniversityCraig A. Anderson - Iowa State UniversityBruce D. Bartholow - University of Missouri
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Current directions in psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society, Vol.16(4), pp.178-182
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2007.00499.x
- ISSN
- 0963-7214
- eISSN
- 1467-8721
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/2007
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984446265202771
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