Is Media Violence a Problem? | Violence on Television Is a Serious Problem
James T. Hamilton is a professor of public policy, economics, and political science at Duke University and the author of Channeling Violence: The Economic Market for Violent Television Programming.
Summary: Television programmers and advertisers purposely feature violence in their programming to attract viewers—mostly males ages eighteen to thirty-four. In doing so they unintentionally expose children to adult-themed violence. In this respect, TV violence is similar to the problem of pollution: The manufacturers of this toxic violence do not intend to...
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