In the age of the Internet and with the dramatic proliferation of mobile listening technologies,
music has unprecedented global distribution and embeddedness in people's lives. It is a …

Music is a crucial element of everyday life. People spend hours listening to it and billions of
dollars buying it. Yet despite the pervasiveness of music, mainstream social‐personality …

Previous research has documented that playing violent video games has various negative
effects on social behavior in that it causes an increase in aggressive behavior and a …

Applied Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences is a practical" how-to" guide to
conducting statistical power analyses for psychology and related fields. The book provides a …

The eighth edition of this text remains an indispensable resource for mass communication
psychology and media effects courses. This book gives readers an in-depth understanding …

Past research provided abundant evidence that exposure to violent video games increases
aggressive tendencies and decreases prosocial tendencies. In contrast, research on the …

Therapeutic Songwriting provides a comprehensive examination of contemporary methods
and models of songwriting as used for therapeutic purposes. It describes the environmental …

Essential Social Psychology introduces you to the core topics in Social Psychology, covering
its history, methods, and approaches, as well as helping you grasp key topics such as social …

Studies examining the effects of exposure to prosocial media on positive outcomes are
increasing in number and strength. However, existing meta-analyses use a broad definition …

Video games have become an incredibly popular and pervasive form of entertainment.
Video game use has increased steadily over time (Rideout, Foehr, & Roberts, 2010) and …