Media violence and the American public: Scientific facts versus media misinformation

American Psychologist

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 477-489

  Bushman, Brad J ^a   Anderson, Craig A ^a  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLISHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; STATISTICS; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOURNALISM; MALE; MOTION PICTURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0035378706     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.56.6-7.477     Document Type: Article

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