Does violence on television translate into violence on the street and in the home?
Date Submitted: 04/27/2003 14:05:31
Category: / Society & Culture / Education
Length: 4 pages (1078 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / Education
Length: 4 pages (1078 words)
Many movies, as well as fiction and nonfiction television programs, are saturated with violence. According to psychodynamics theory, movie and television violence should be a cathartic pot of gold. But social learning theorists argue that by providing numerous aggressive models - including many who are reinforced - television violence is more likely to increase viewers' aggressive behavior than to reduce it.
Headline-making "copycat" acts of violence clearly illustrate social learning effects. Still, hundreds of millions …
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