Monday, November 05, 2007

TV Violence and Boys

Yet another study linking TV violence and aggressive behavior - I studied this in college 2o years ago. There have been hundreds of studies showing that watching violence on TV makes children behave more aggressively, but somehow we seem to think that there's not enough "evidence" to really prove that. I'm sure the film industry will, again, try to dispute this latest study - putting enough doubt in parents' minds to avoid making any changes. We live in such a violence-accepting society, that we don't even blink an eye when we see another fist fight on kids' TV, or another killing, for that matter.

Boys are especially vulnerable to visions of violence. Biology?

Local News | Research links TV violence to aggression — but not in girls | Seattle Times Newspaper

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