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ERIC Number: EJ647093
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-1539-9664
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School Violence, the Media's Phanton Epidemic.
Best, Joel
Education Next, v2 n2 p50-55 Sum 2002
Argues that public perceptions of an epidemic of school violence are media-induced; asserts that violence in schools declined during the 1990s; supports assertion with evidence from the National School Safety Center; states the estimates of bullying in school are exaggerated. (PKP)
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Bullying, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Mass Media Effects, School Safety, Statistical Data, Violence
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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