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Report of the Media Violence Commission
Author(s) -
Barbara Krahé,
Leonard Berkowitz,
Jeanne Funk Brockmyer,
Brad J. Bushman,
Sarah M. Coyne,
Karen E. Dill,
Edward Donnerstein,
Douglas A. Gentile,
L. Rowell Huesmann,
Steven J. Kirsh,
Ingrid Möller,
Wayne Warburton
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/ab.21443
Subject(s) - commission , political science , aggression , library science , law , psychology , social psychology , computer science
Editor’s Note: In December, 2011, the International Society for Research on Aggression appointed a special commission to prepare a report on media violence. Their charge was as follows: “The ISRA Violent Media Effects Commission is charged with the task of producing a public statement on the known effects of exposure to media violence, based on the current state of scientific knowledge. If the Commission finds sufficient evidence of harmful effects, then the Commission’s public statement may include public policy recommendations, keeping in mind that effective policies may well differ across countries because of their different legal and cultural traditions and systems. The statement could be an original statement by the Commission, or could be an endorsement or modification of one or more similar statements offered in recent years by other major scientific bodies and/or groups of scientists who have appropriate expertise in the media violence domain. The statement (if sufficiently brief) or an Executive Summary statement (of a longer, more detailed statement) will be published in ISRA’s journal Aggressive Behavior and will appear on the ISRA web site. It may also be published in the ISRA Bulletin.” What follows is the final report of the Media Violence Commission, delivered in May, 2012. This statement was written by a group of internationally recognized active researchers in the field of media violence to summarize current knowledge about the strength of the link between violent media use and aggression, explain the psychological processes by which violent media may increase the risk of aggressive behavior, and offer practical advice on how parents and policy makers can deal with the issue.