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Recommended Resources

Recommended Resources That Are Relevant to Psychological Issues in the Media

Anderson, C.A., & Bushman, B.J. (2002). The effects of media violence on society. Science, 295, 2377-2378.

Bushman, B.J., & Anderson, C.A. (2001). Media violence and the American public: Scientific facts versus media misinformation. American Psychologist, 56, 477-489.

Bushman, B. J., & Cantor J. (2003). Media ratings for violence and sex: Implications for policymakers and parents. American Psychologist, 58, 130–141.

Carll, E. K., (Ed), (August 2003). Psychology, News Media, and Public Policy: Promoting Social Change. American Behavioral Scientist [Special issue].

Carll, E. K. (1999). Violence in our lives: Impact on workplace, home, and community. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. (Includes chapter on Media depiction and coverage of violence: The impact on family and community)

Eron, L.D., Huesmann, L.R., Lefkowitz, M.M., & Walder, L.O. (1972). Does T.V. violence cause aggression? American Psychologist, 27, 153-263.

Huesmann, L. R., Moise, J., Podolski, C. P., & Eron, L. D. (2003). Longitudinal relations between children's exposure to TV violence and their aggressive and violent behavior in young adulthood: 1977-1992. Developmental Psychology. 39, 201-221.

Huston, A., Donnerstein, E., et al. (1992). Big world, small screen. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

Luskin, B. J. (2002). Casting the Net over global learning—New developments in workforce training and online psychologies. Griffin Publishing Group.

Palmiter, D., Jr., & Renjilian, D. (2003). Clinical web pages: Do they meet expectations? Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 34, 164–169.

Malamuth, N. M. (1998). The confluence model as an organizing framework for research on sexually aggressive men: Risk moderators, imagined aggression, and pornography consumption. In R. G. Geen & E. Donnerstein (Eds.), Human aggression: Theories, research, and implications for social policy (pp. 229-245). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Malamuth, N. M. (1989). Sexually violent media, thought patterns, and antisocial behavior. Public Communication and Behavior, 2,159-204.

Singer, D. G. (2003). Play. In J.J. Ponzetti, Jr. (Ed.), International encyclopedia of marriage and family (2nd. ed., pp.1230–1234). New York: Macmillan Reference.

Singer, D. G. (2002). Peace and healing. Child Art Magazine, 5( 15), 6–7.

Singer, D. G. (2002). The power of playing together. Scholastic Parent & Child, 9(5), 43–47.

Singer, D. G. (2002). Team building in the classroom. Early Childhood Today, 16(6), 37–41.

Singer, D. G. (2002). Creativity in an electronic age. In J. Dankers (Ed.), Creativity and creative media in social pedagogical practice (pp. 66–77). Nimejgen, The Netherlands: Hoge School,van Armen en Nimejgen.

Singer, D. G. (2002). Sesame Street: Still going and growing (Review of the book "G" is for growing: Thirty years of research on children and Sesame Street). Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 47, 475–478.

Singer, D. G., & Singer, J. L. ( 2001). Make-believe: Games and activities for imaginative play. A book for parents, teachers, and the young children in their lives. Washington, DC: Magination Press, American Psychological Association Books.

Singer, D. G., & Singer, J. L. (Eds.). (2001). Handbook of children and the media. housand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Surgeon General's Scientific Advisory Committee on Television and Social Behavior. (1972). Television and growing up: The impact of televised violence. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

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