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Violent Media Effects on Aggression: A Commentary from a Cross‐Cultural Perspective
Author(s) -
Krahé Barbara
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
analyses of social issues and public policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.479
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1530-2415
pISSN - 1529-7489
DOI - 10.1111/asap.12107
Subject(s) - aggression , perspective (graphical) , psychology , social psychology , association (psychology) , cross cultural , criminology , sociology , psychotherapist , artificial intelligence , computer science , anthropology
It is argued that, despite differences in cultural norms and practices, the evidence for a link between violent media use and aggression is remarkably consistent across different countries. Along with evidence that different operationalizations of violent media use also converge across countries, these findings strengthen the conclusion that violent media are a risk factor for aggression and validate the psychological explanations for these effects. However, we need comparative studies based on a consistent methodology and a theory‐based selection of cultural difference variables to properly examine the potential impact of culture on the association between violent media use and aggression.