Mass Media | Television Violence Does Not Cause Societal Violence

“The provision of media services is changing so rapidly in the final years of the twentieth century that it would be hazardous to attempt to predict what kinds of facilities will be available in just a few years’ time.”

One thing which can be reliably predicted is that some aspects of content will be deplored. In particular, we will be debating the perennial topics of violence, sex and bad language, the most frequently identified sources of complaint in most surveys of public reactions to broadcast television in this country and overseas.

It is also a pretty safe...

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