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Foreward to the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues’ Research Summary on Media Violence

Foreward to the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues’ Research Summary on Media... Early in 2013, in the wake of yet another act of violence in which the perpetrator was reported to have played violent video games, the Executive Committee of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) commissioned a report on the topic of media violence. Following the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut school shooting in which the perpetrator killed 20 young children, six school staff, his mother, and himself, the American public and policymakers expressed renewed concerns about the role of violent media consumption on aggressive and violent behavior. According to a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll, 84% of Americans believed that depictions of violence in popular culture—through “movies and video games”—contribute to violence in society (CBS News, ). Major newspapers and TV networks, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, CNN, and NPR, also ran high profile stories or segments on violence in the media. President Obama called for more research on media violence, and the Violent Content Research Act (S. 134, 113th Cong.) urged the National Academy of Sciences to study the impact of violent television and video games on children. SPSSI aims to bring empirically sound research findings to bear on http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Analyses of Social Issues & Public Policy Wiley

Foreward to the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues’ Research Summary on Media Violence

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Wiley
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© 2015 The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
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1529-7489
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1530-2415
DOI
10.1111/asap.12094
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Abstract

Early in 2013, in the wake of yet another act of violence in which the perpetrator was reported to have played violent video games, the Executive Committee of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) commissioned a report on the topic of media violence. Following the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut school shooting in which the perpetrator killed 20 young children, six school staff, his mother, and himself, the American public and policymakers expressed renewed concerns about the role of violent media consumption on aggressive and violent behavior. According to a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll, 84% of Americans believed that depictions of violence in popular culture—through “movies and video games”—contribute to violence in society (CBS News, ). Major newspapers and TV networks, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, CNN, and NPR, also ran high profile stories or segments on violence in the media. President Obama called for more research on media violence, and the Violent Content Research Act (S. 134, 113th Cong.) urged the National Academy of Sciences to study the impact of violent television and video games on children. SPSSI aims to bring empirically sound research findings to bear on

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Analyses of Social Issues & Public Policy – Wiley

Published: Dec 1, 2015

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