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Medis Effect on Violence in children
Title: Medis Effect on Violence in children
Category: Literature / Novels
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Medis Effect on Violence in children
There is evidence that promotes the view that anti-social behaviour can be promoted by the media. Some of the effects are short lived and others will vary depending on whether the anti-social behaviour is shown on it’s own or not. Violent video games and TV are the main sources of media violence.
On TV there is very little aggression overall. The Gerbner Studies (1970’s and 1980’s) found that in children’s TV programmes 20 violent
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aggression; there are other factors to be considered that could influence the person particularly a child. Research portrays children as helpless victims of the media’s influence but it has been shown that children can critically talk about the media at age seven. The child’s upbringing, background, culture and peers could all influence any possible aggressive behaviour. The media alone cannot be blamed for all aggression, other factors have to be taken into account.
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