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Media Violence and Children: Applying Research to Advocacy

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Research and advocacy concerning children and media violence has a long and conflicted history. In recent times, the focus of discussion has been on video games. However, the history of concern began in the early 1900s with questions about the effects of comics and comic books, and their stories of crime and violence. The same concern continued with questions about the effects of radio programs of crime and mystery and the influence of violence in films. By the late 1940s, however, a new medium bursts on the scene in America: television!

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  1. Department of Psychology, Washington College, Chestertown, MD, USA

    John P. Murray Ph.D.

  2. Center on Media and Child Health, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    John P. Murray Ph.D.

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Murray, J.P. (2013). Media Violence and Children: Applying Research to Advocacy. In: Culp, A. (eds) Child and Family Advocacy. Issues in Clinical Child Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7456-2_10

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