Media violence / Noël Merino, book editor.

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Introduction -- Is media violence a problem? Media violence has harmful effects on young people / Bart Peterson -- Media should not be blamed for problems among young people / Karen Sternheimer -- Media violence has contributed to an increase in mass murder / Robert Peters -- Media violence leads to callousness / Ruth Conniff -- Does media violence lead to real violence? Video game violence may contribute to copycat violence / Rebecca Hagelin -- Video games should not be blamed for acts of real violence / Christopher Orlet -- There is evidence that violent video games increase aggression / Amanda Schaffer -- There is no evidence that violent video games increase aggression / Daniel Koffler -- Television violence increases aggression in children / Dale Kunkel -- There is no evidence that television violence increases aggression in children / Jonathan L. Freedman -- Should the government regulate violent media? The First Amendment protects video games from regulation / Marjorie Heins -- The First Amendment does not protect violent video games from regulation / Phyllis Schlafly -- The government should consider regulating television violence / Caroline Schulenburg -- The government should not regulate violent television programming / Nick Gillespie -- A la carte cable programming is necessary to avoid regulation of violent television / Paul M. Weyrich -- More information about television is preferable to regulation / Gene Policinski -- Facts about media violence.