Television and Violence.
- Resource Type
- Reference Entry
- Authors
- Makris, Gregory
- Source
- History of the Mass Media in the United States: An Encyclopedia; 1998, p636-639, 4p
- Subject
- VIOLENCE on television
VIOLENCE in mass media
TELEVISION programs
MASS media
- Language
The entry deals with the issue of violent television programming content in the U.S. Fears over the possible effects of exposure to often-violent content have guided several studies of television violence to become one of the most complex and controversial media-related social issues of the second half of the twentieth century. Research on mass media effects began before the initial introduction of television into the U.S. A correlation that existed between exposure to specific mass media messages and subsequent effects on attitudes and patterns of behavior is investigated.