Linking back to, the present approach conceptualizes and empirically examines viewers'
parasocial interaction experience with a TV performer. Causes and outcomes of parasocial …

Highlights•Converging evidence demonstrates the existence of media violence
effects.•Recent studies investigate the mechanisms underlying media violence …

Despite recent growth of research on the effects of prosocial media, processes underlying
these effects are not well understood. Two studies explored theoretically relevant mediators …

Importance Children spend more time with electronic media than they do in any other
activity, aside from sleep. Many of the negative effects that stem from media exposure may …

The issue of whether video games with aggressive or violent content (henceforth aggressive
video games) contribute to aggressive behavior in youth remains an issue of significant …

Importance Although several longitudinal studies have demonstrated an effect of violent
video game play on later aggressive behavior, little is known about the psychological …

Cultural generality versus specificity of media violence effects on aggression was examined
in seven countries (Australia, China, Croatia, Germany, Japan, Romania, the United States) …

Most researchers on media and aggression have examined the behavioral effects of viewing
physical aggression in the media. Conversely, in the current study, I examined longitudinal …

Decades of research on the effects of media violence have examined associations between
viewing aggressive material in the media and aggression and prosocial behavior. However …

Longitudinal studies investigating the relationship of aggression and violent video games
are still scarce. Most of the previous studies focused on children or younger adolescents and …