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Author Grossman, Dave, author.

Title Assassination generation : video games, aggression, and the psychology of killing / Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, and Kristine Paulsen, with Katie Miserany.

Publisher New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016.

ISBN 9780316265935
0316265934



Location Call No. Status Message
 Point Place Branch Adult  303.6 Gro    AVAILABLE  ---
 Reynolds Corners Branch Adult  303.6 Gro    AVAILABLE  ---

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Edition First edition.
Description 264 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Local Note rw
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents It's Worse than It Looks: The Case Against the Media -- Guns, Drugs, and Denial: Common Excuses for the Virus of Violence -- The Human Brain on Violence: How Violent Video Games Warp the Mind -- The Gangbanger's Trainer: How Video Games Train Kids to Kill -- Fiction or Reality?: True Crimes and the Games That May Be Linked to Them -- Failed Attempts at Change -- Calling On Community -- The Solution -- What You Can Do Today.
Summary Drawing on crime statistics, social research, and studies of the teenage brain, an expert in the field of human aggression reveals how violent video games have ushered in a new era of mass homicide.
Subject(S) Violence -- Social aspects.
Children and violence.
Violence in video games.
Violence -- Psychological aspects.
Mass media and children.
Television and children.
Violence on television.
Murder -- Psychological aspects.
Child psychology.
Violence in mass media -- Psychological aspects.
Psychology -- Developmental -- Adolescent.
Psychology -- Mental health.
Social sciences -- Criminology.
Social sciences -- Media Studies.
Social sciences -- In popular culture.
Social sciences -- Violence in Society.
Added Name(S) Paulsen, Kristine, author.
Miserany, Katie, author.
ISBN 9780316265935
0316265934