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Overview

Edward Donnerstein is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research contributions primarily fall within the field of Social Sciences, with specific focus on Clinical Psychology, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, and General Health Professions.

Their recent work covers topics related to Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology, Gender, Feminism, and Media, Asian Culture and Media Studies, as well as Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Donnerstein has published studies in several noted venues, including:

  • University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
  • UNC Libraries

Among recent papers, two are notable:

  • "Methodological Issues in the Content Analysis of Pornography," 2025, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
  • "Sexual Media and Childhood Well-being and Health," 2025, UNC Libraries

They have collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Daniel Linz
  • Rebecca L. Collins
  • Victor C. Strasburger
  • Jane D. Brown
  • Amanda Lenhart

Best Publications

  • The Influence of Media Violence on Youth

    Craig A. Anderson;Leonard Berkowitz;Edward I Donnerstein;L. Rowell Huesmann

  • External validity is more than skin deep: Some answers to criticisms of laboratory experiments.

    Leonard Berkowitz;Edward Donnerstein

  • Health effects of media on children and adolescents.

    Victor C. Strasburger;Amy B. Jordan;Ed Donnerstein

  • Sex on TV: A Biennial Report to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

    Dale Kunkel;Kirstie M. Cope;Wendy Jo Maynard Farinola;Erica Biely

  • Effects of long-term exposure to violent and sexually degrading depictions of women.

    Daniel G. Linz;Edward Donnerstein;Steven Penrod

  • The Effects of Multiple Exposures to Filmed Violence Against Women

    Daniel G. Linz;Edward Donnerstein;Steven Penrod

  • Pornography and Sexual Aggression.

    Pauline B. Bart;Neil M. Malamuth;Edward Donnerstein

  • Victim reactions in aggressive erotic films as a factor in violence against women.

    Edward Donnerstein;Leonard Berkowitz

  • Children, Adolescents, and the Media: Issues and Solutions

    Victor C. Strasburger;Edward Donnerstein

  • Violence in Children's Television Programming: Assessing the Risks

    Barbara J. Wilson;Stacy L. Smith;W. James Potter;Dale Kunkel

  • Measuring the Effects of Sexual Content in the Media: A Report to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

    Huston Ac;Wartella E;Donnerstein E;Scantlin R

  • Physiological Desensitization and Judgments About Female Victims of Violence

    Daniel Linz;Edward I Donnerstein;Steven M. Adams

  • Defining Cyberbullying

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  • Children, adolescents, and the media: health effects.

    Victor C. Strasburger;Amy B. Jordan;Ed Donnerstein

  • Mass Media Sexual Violence and Male Viewers Current Theory and Research

    Edward I. Donnerstein;Daniel G. Linz

  • Screen Violence and Youth Behavior

    Craig A. Anderson;Brad J. Bushman;Brad J. Bushman;Bruce D. Bartholow;Joanne Cantor

  • Effects of noise and perceived control on ongoing and subsequent aggressive behavior.

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  • Sexual Socialization Messages on Entertainment Television: Comparing Content Trends 1997–2002

    Dale Kunkel;Kirstie M. Farrar;Keren Eyal;Erica Biely

  • The psychology of social conflict and aggression

    Joseph P. Forgas;Arie W. Kruglanski;Kipling D Williams

  • The findings and recommendations of the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography: Do the psychological "facts" fit the political fury?

    Daniel Linz;Edward Donnerstein;Steven Penrod

  • Harmful effects of exposure to media violence: Learning of aggression, emotional desensitization, and fear.

    Stacy L. Smith;Edward Donnerstein

  • Research on sex in the media: What do we know about effects on children and adolescents?

    Paul J. Wright;Neil M. Malamuth;Ed Donnerstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Linz
Daniel Linz University of California, Santa Barbara
Brad J. Bushman
Brad J. Bushman The Ohio State University
Craig A. Anderson
Craig A. Anderson Iowa State University
Steven D. Penrod
Steven D. Penrod John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Neil M. Malamuth
Neil M. Malamuth University of California, Los Angeles
Sarah M. Coyne
Sarah M. Coyne Brigham Young University
Leonard Berkowitz
Leonard Berkowitz University of Wisconsin–Madison
Douglas A. Gentile
Douglas A. Gentile Iowa State University
L. Rowell Huesmann
L. Rowell Huesmann University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Joanne Cantor
Joanne Cantor University of Wisconsin–Madison

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