This definitive examination of this important social topic asks questions such as: How much media violence is there? What are the meanings conveyed in the way v

Does violence on a movie, TV, or computer screen or in a song lyric beget violence in the streets? What about aggression and violence in televised sporting even

Freedman argues that scientific evidence does not support the notion that TV and film violence causes aggression in children or in anyone else. A provocative ch

The influence of the media remains a contentious issue. Every time a particularly high-profile crime of violence is committed, there are those who blame the eff

The author of the 400,000-copy bestseller On Killing reveals how violent video games have ushered in a new era of mass homicide -- and what we must do about it.