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.
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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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