The importance of the null hypothesis in the formulation of theory in media psychology

Sixty years of media violence research illustrates what can go wrong when the null hypothesis is ignored. Without the null’s restraining effect, researchers assumed that media violence could trigger behavioral aggression among all consumers. Thus researchers probed for types of aggression media viol...

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Published in:New ideas in psychology 2025-04, Vol.77, p.101142, Article 101142
Main Authors: Grimes, Tom, Lasser, Jon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Fixed effects
Media violence
Random effects
Social media
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