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meta-analyses of violence  

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  • Generations of communication researchers have investigated the impact of violence portrayed by the mass media on media users' aggression, especially with regard to entertainment products. A vast number of empirical studies have been reported in communication, social and developmental psychology, and medical research. [Source: Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media; Violence, Meta-Analyses of]

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