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Violent video games / Roman Espejo, book editor.
LIBRA HQ784.V53 V56 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- At issue. Mass media
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Video games and children.
- Video games and teenagers.
- Violence in video games.
- Children and violence.
- Youth and violence.
- Physical Description:
- 101 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, [2015]
- Summary:
- Greenhaven Press's At Issue series provides a wide range of opinions on individual social issues. Each volume focuses on a specific issue and offers a variety of perspectives-eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more-to illuminate the issue. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations point to sources for further research. Enhancing critical thinking skills, each At Issue volume is an excellent research tool to help readers understand current social issues and prepare reports. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Violent Video Games Can Benefit Children / Isabela Granic Granic, Isabela, Adam Lobel Lobel, Adam, Rutger C.M.E. Engels Engels, Rutger C.M.E. 10
- 2 Violent Video Games Can Desensitize Players and Increase Aggression / George Drinka Drinka, George 22
- 3 Violent Video Games Do Not Cause Violence / Eric Kain Kain, Eric 29
- 4 Shooting in the Dark / Benedict Carey Carey, Benedict 39
- 5 Violent Video Games Promote Antisocial Behaviors / Jack Flanagan Flanagan, Jack 44
- 6 Video Game Culture Does Not Promote Antisocial Behaviors / Andrew Leonard Leonard, Andrew 50
- 7 Video Game Makers Have a Moral Obligation to Limit Game Violence / Simon Parkin Parkin, Simon 59
- 8 Violent Video Games Are a Form of Free Speech / Daniel Greenberg Greenberg, Daniel 65
- 9 Barring Sales of Violent Games to Minors Does Not Violate Free Speech / Joseph J. Horton Horton, Joseph J. 71
- 10 The Video Gaines Rating System Is Effective / Ilya Shapiro Shapiro, Ilya, Thomas S. Leatherbury Leatherbury, Thomas S., John P. Elwood Elwood, John P., Paul B. Spelman Spelman, Paul B. 75
- 11 The Video Games Rating System Is Not Effective / Jason Dafnis Dafnis, Jason 83.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0737771968
- 9780737771954
- 073777195X
- 9780737771961
- OCLC:
- 886381136
- Publisher Number:
- 99961628375
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