George Comstock
Biographic Data
| ID | 1322710 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George Comstock |
| GIVEN NAMES | George |
| FAMILY NAME | Comstock |
| SIGNATURE | COMSTOCK G |
| AFFILIATIONS | RAND Corporation |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Media Use, Scholastic Achievement, and Attention Span
Since the introduction of television, concern has mounted about the potential influence of television and other media on children's scholastic achievement. Can television and other media forms interfere in the development of skills necessary for successful test scores, grades, and other measures of academic achievement? Or, conversely, can media facilitate the development of such skills? In the current chapter, the research evidence pertaining to…
A Sociological Perspective on Television Violence and Aggression
A sociological interpretation of the empirical outcomes of studies on violent media draws the debate out beyond the realm of individual psychological effects and identifies pertinent social groupings that go beyond socioeconomic status. Five attributes identify special vulnerability to negative influence: predisposition for aggressive or antisocial behavior, rigid or indifferent parenting, unsatisfactory social relationships, low psychological we…
The psychology of media and politics
The Effects of Television Violence on Antisocial Behavior
A meta-analysis is performed on studies pertaining to the effect of television violence on aggressive behavior. Partitioning by research design, viewer attributes, treatment and exposure variables, and type of antisocial behavior, allows one to interpret computed effect sizes for each of the variables in the partitions. We find a positive and significant correlation between television violence and aggressive behavior, albeit to varying degrees de…
The Medium and the Society
The Field and the Discipline
The Legacy of the Past
Journal Article The Legacy of the Past Get access George Comstock George Comstock 1George Comstock is S. I. Newhouse Professor, Communications Research Center, Syracuse University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 33, Issue 3, September 1983, Pages 42–50, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1983.tb02404.x Published: 07 February 2006
Innovation in the Movies, 1939–1976
George Comstock, Heather Tully; Innovation in the Movies, 1939–1976, Journal of Communication, Volume 31, Issue 2, 1 June 1981, Pages 97–105, https://doi.o
Television and Human Behavior
Television and Human Behavior
Television and the Children of Ethnic Minorities
“The issues that are raised by ethnic status are not exclusive to ethnicity but represent circumstances much wider in occurrence that appear more often among ethnic minorities.”
The Impact of Television on American Institutions
Journal Article The Impact of Television on American Institutions Get access George Comstock George Comstock 1George Comstock is Professor of Communication at the S. I. New house School of Public Communications, Syracuse University. Support for the preparation of this paper was provided by the East-West Communication Institute, The East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal …
Types of Portrayal and Aggressive Behavior
Journal Article Types of Portrayal and Aggressive Behavior Get access George Comstock George Comstock 1Ceorgc Comstock is a senior social psychologist at the Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California. In the fall of 1977 he will become Professor, S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communication, Syracuse University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 27, Issue 3, September 1977, …
Setting the Stage for the Conference on Priorities
Journal Article Setting the Stage for the Conference on Priorities Get access George Comstock George Comstock 1George Comstock is a senior social psychologist at the Rand Corporation. The complete address delivered Nabember 6, 1975, may be obtained by writing him at The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 90406 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 26, Issue 2, June 1976,…
The Role of Social and Behavioral Science in Policymaking for Television
Social and behavioral science has the potential of playing a major role in policymaking for television, which involves such varied actors as the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Congress, the public, and the television industry. In the regulatory sphere, it can provide critical evidence on the newly emerging issue of children and television advertising and can assist in evaluating regulatory effectiveness, futu…
The Evidence So Far
Journal Article The Evidence So Far Get access George Comstock George Comstock 1George Comstock is a senior social psychologist at the Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California. He was senior research coordinator on the staff of the Surgeon General's Scientific Advisory Committee on Television and Social Behavior Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 25, Issue 4, December 1975, …
Feshbach and Comstock on Antisocial Behavior
Journal Article Feshbach and Comstock on Antisocial Behavior Get access George A. Comstock George A. Comstock 1The Rand Corporation Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 25, Issue 1, March 1975, Pages 205–206, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1975.tb00573.x Published: 07 February 2006
The Impact of Television on American Institutions
Journal Article The Impact of Television on American Institutions Get access George Comstock George Comstock 1George Comstock is Professor of Communication at the S. I. New house School of Public Communications, Syracuse University. Support for the preparation of this paper was provided by the East-West Communication Institute, The East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal …
A Sociological Perspective on Television Violence and Aggression
A sociological interpretation of the empirical outcomes of studies on violent media draws the debate out beyond the realm of individual psychological effects and identifies pertinent social groupings that go beyond socioeconomic status. Five attributes identify special vulnerability to negative influence: predisposition for aggressive or antisocial behavior, rigid or indifferent parenting, unsatisfactory social relationships, low psychological we…
The Evidence So Far
Journal Article The Evidence So Far Get access George Comstock George Comstock 1George Comstock is a senior social psychologist at the Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California. He was senior research coordinator on the staff of the Surgeon General's Scientific Advisory Committee on Television and Social Behavior Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 25, Issue 4, December 1975, …
Feshbach and Comstock on Antisocial Behavior
Journal Article Feshbach and Comstock on Antisocial Behavior Get access George A. Comstock George A. Comstock 1The Rand Corporation Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 25, Issue 1, March 1975, Pages 205–206, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1975.tb00573.x Published: 07 February 2006
Setting the Stage for the Conference on Priorities
Journal Article Setting the Stage for the Conference on Priorities Get access George Comstock George Comstock 1George Comstock is a senior social psychologist at the Rand Corporation. The complete address delivered Nabember 6, 1975, may be obtained by writing him at The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 90406 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 26, Issue 2, June 1976,…
The Role of Social and Behavioral Science in Policymaking for Television
Social and behavioral science has the potential of playing a major role in policymaking for television, which involves such varied actors as the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Congress, the public, and the television industry. In the regulatory sphere, it can provide critical evidence on the newly emerging issue of children and television advertising and can assist in evaluating regulatory effectiveness, futu…
Types of Portrayal and Aggressive Behavior
Journal Article Types of Portrayal and Aggressive Behavior Get access George Comstock George Comstock 1Ceorgc Comstock is a senior social psychologist at the Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California. In the fall of 1977 he will become Professor, S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communication, Syracuse University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 27, Issue 3, September 1977, …
The Impact of Television on American Institutions
Journal Article The Impact of Television on American Institutions Get access George Comstock George Comstock 1George Comstock is Professor of Communication at the S. I. New house School of Public Communications, Syracuse University. Support for the preparation of this paper was provided by the East-West Communication Institute, The East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal …
Television and the Children of Ethnic Minorities
“The issues that are raised by ethnic status are not exclusive to ethnicity but represent circumstances much wider in occurrence that appear more often among ethnic minorities.”
Television and Human Behavior
Television and Human Behavior
Innovation in the Movies, 1939–1976
George Comstock, Heather Tully; Innovation in the Movies, 1939–1976, Journal of Communication, Volume 31, Issue 2, 1 June 1981, Pages 97–105, https://doi.o
The Legacy of the Past
Journal Article The Legacy of the Past Get access George Comstock George Comstock 1George Comstock is S. I. Newhouse Professor, Communications Research Center, Syracuse University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 33, Issue 3, September 1983, Pages 42–50, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1983.tb02404.x Published: 07 February 2006
The Field and the Discipline
The Medium and the Society
The Effects of Television Violence on Antisocial Behavior
A meta-analysis is performed on studies pertaining to the effect of television violence on aggressive behavior. Partitioning by research design, viewer attributes, treatment and exposure variables, and type of antisocial behavior, allows one to interpret computed effect sizes for each of the variables in the partitions. We find a positive and significant correlation between television violence and aggressive behavior, albeit to varying degrees de…
The psychology of media and politics
A Sociological Perspective on Television Violence and Aggression
A sociological interpretation of the empirical outcomes of studies on violent media draws the debate out beyond the realm of individual psychological effects and identifies pertinent social groupings that go beyond socioeconomic status. Five attributes identify special vulnerability to negative influence: predisposition for aggressive or antisocial behavior, rigid or indifferent parenting, unsatisfactory social relationships, low psychological we…
Media Use, Scholastic Achievement, and Attention Span
Since the introduction of television, concern has mounted about the potential influence of television and other media on children's scholastic achievement. Can television and other media forms interfere in the development of skills necessary for successful test scores, grades, and other measures of academic achievement? Or, conversely, can media facilitate the development of such skills? In the current chapter, the research evidence pertaining to…
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