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Empathy and Violent Video Games : Aggression and Prosocial Behavior
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Through three empirical studies, this book explores the mechanisms behind moderating functions of empathy in violent video games, revealing new insights that will inform the ongoing debates about t...
Through three empirical studies, this book explores the mechanisms behind moderating functions of empathy in violent video games, revealing new insights that will inform the ongoing debates about the effects violent media content.
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- Creator
- by C. Happ, A. Melzer
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- English
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- 1st ed. 2014
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2014
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (87 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9781349494415, 1322324972, 1137440139, 9781137440136, 9781137440129, 9781137440143, 1349494410, 1137440120
- OCLC
- ocn892869655, ocn898120593
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Foreword: Why This Project? -- 1 Of Empathy and Media Content: Bringing Together Two Important Areas of Research -- 1.1 Empathy: a multifaceted concept -- 1.2 Media use and media effects -- 2 The E in Media is for Empathy -- 2.1 Empathy and violent media content -- 2.2 Empathy in video games: an overview -- 2.3 An empirical look at the effects of empathy in video games -- 3 What Empathy Does to the Video Gamer -- 3.1 The consequences of empathizing with the 'wrong' game character -- 3.2 Explaining the complex effects of empathy -- 4 'Dear Researcher, Gamers, Parents, and Teachers ...' -- 4.1 What did we find? -- 4.2 Concluding remarks -- References -- Index