The Effects of Media Violence Exposure On Criminal Aggression

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Natural born killers: The genetic origins of extreme violence (2009, background): “For instance, recent meta-analytic reviews of media violence have found their effects to be negligible (Ferguson & Kilburn, 2009; Savage & Yancey, 2008).”
Blazing Angels or Resident Evil? Can Violent Video Games be a Force for Good? (2010, background): “…to plummeting crime rates in the United States (Federal Bureau of Investigations [FBI], 1951–2009) and more frequent criticisms of media violent research (e.g., Freedman, 2002; Grimes et al., 2008; Olson, 2004; Savage, 2004; Savage & Yancey, 2008; Trend, 2007; Unsworth, Devilly, & Ward, 2007).”
The school shooting/violent video game link: causal relationship or moral panic? (2008, background): “In the most recent meta-analysis on violent media more generally (Savage, 2008), no relationship between consuming violent media and violent crimes was found.”
Paradigm change in aggression research: The time has come to retire the General Aggression Model (2012, background): “Although we dispute the reported effect sizes in this quote (recent meta-analyses have ranged from r=.04 through .15, Ferguson & Kilburn, 2009; Savage & Yancey, 2008), we do agree sample size is one issue for researchers to consider.”