| There is now consensus that exposure to media violence is linked to actual violent behavior.
... a meta-analysis of studies that looked at the correlation between habitual viewing of violent media and aggressive behavior at a point in time, found 200 studies showing a moderate, positive relationship between watching television violence and physical aggression against another person. Other studies have followed consumption of violent media and its behavioral effects throughout a person's lifetime.In a study published in the journal Pediatrics this year, the researchers Lindsay A. Robertson, Helena M. McAnally and Robert J. Hancox showed that watching excessive amounts of TV as a child or adolescent -- in which most of the content contains violence -- was causally associated with antisocial behavior in early adulthood. (An excessive amount here means more than two hours per weekday.) |
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