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Violence in Music Videos: Examining the Prevalence and Context of Physical Aggression.
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Smith, Stacy L.; Boyson, Aaron R. – Journal of Communication, 2002
Examines violence in music video programming. Reveals that 15% of music videos feature violence, and most of that aggression is sanitized, not chastised, and presented in realistic contexts. Discusses the findings in terms of the risk that exposure to violence in each channel and genre may be posing to viewers' learning of aggression, fear, and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Audience Response, Programming (Broadcast), Secondary Education
Television Violence and Its Effect on Young Children.
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Simmons, Betty Jo; Stalsworth, Kelly; Wentzel, Heather – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1999
Examines research on television violence and links violence to specific programs commonly watched by young children. Maintains that television violence is related to aggressive behavior, lessened sensitivity to the results of violence, and increased fear. Examines public reactions to children's educational television programs. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Aggression, Educational Television, Programming (Broadcast), Public Opinion
How Real Is the Portrayal of Aggression in Television Entertainment Programming?
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Potter, W. James; And Others – Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 1995
Assesses aggressive behavior on television in terms of its realism. Replicated and contextualized reality were assessed for 100.5 hours of programming. Replicated reality compared television portrayals to real world characteristics, and was similar in seriousness to aggression and gender patterns of perpetrators and victims. Contextual reality…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis
Of Power Rangers and V-Chips.
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Boyatzis, Chris J. – Young Children, 1997
Describes a study of the effects of violence on elementary students which used the television program Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and found increased aggression which parents should be concerned about. Offers suggestions for parents and teachers, including taking action against violent programming, utilizing technology which bans unwanted…
Descriptors: Aggression, Audience Response, Behavior Development, Child Behavior
Television Violence: Content, Context, and Consequences. ERIC Digest.
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Aidman, Amy – 1997
This digest reports recent findings on violent television content, highlights the recently developed television ratings system, and offers suggestions for parental mediation of children's television viewing. The National Television Violence Study has demonstrated that not all violence is equal. Certain plot elements in portrayals of violence are…
Descriptors: Aggression, Audience Response, Child Behavior, Content Analysis
Tuning in to Young Viewers: Social Science Perspectives on Television.
MacBeth, Tannis M., Ed. – 1996
Research indicates that children are especially vulnerable to the effects of television viewing. Taking a psychological, social-science perspective, this book explores how television viewing affects children. Chapter 1, "Introduction," (MacBeth) discusses the issues involved, how researchers go about studying media effects, whether television…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Age Differences, Aggression