Violent video games as exemplary teachers: A conceptual analysis

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-141

  Gentile, Douglas A ^a,b   Gentile, J Ronald ^c  

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

^b National Institute on Media and the Family   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational psychology; Instruction; Media effects; Video games; Violent video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349065475     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-007-9206-2     Document Type: Article

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