Effects of Media Violence on Children

The Adherent Cylindrical Nit Structure and Its Chemical Denaturation In Vitro: An Assessment With Therapeutic Implications for Head Lice

“…14-16 According to Strasburger, 17 an average child today, on reaching age 70 will have devoted between 7 and 10 years of his or her life watching television. Various studies 18 have related watching television with violent or aggressive conduct during adolescence.…”

Violent Attitudes and Deferred Academic Aspirations: Deleterious Effects of Exposure to Rap Music

“…Consequently, an extensive body of social scientific research has developed to directly investigate this issue. Social science researchers have generally shown that exposure to media violence tends to increase the probability of subsequent violent behavior in children (for a review, see Heath, Bresolin, & Rinaldi, 1989) and adults (for a review, see Donnerstein & Linz, 1986). Other researchers have focused on how such variables as intellectual achievement (Huesmann, 1986), social popularity (Huesmann, 1986), and extent of previous aggressive behavior (Josephson, 1987) may affect the relation between media violence and violent behavior.…”

Imitative violence in the real world: A reanalysis of homicide rates following championship prize fights

“…Social scientists have been more circumspect. However, they too have long suspected a link between violence in the media and violent behavior [e.g., Bandura, 1973;Berkowitz, 1984;Heath et al, 1989;Huesmann, 19861. The purpose of the present research was to reexamine the work of Phillips [ 19831 which is one of the few studies to provide some evidence for a medidhomicide link.…”