abstract:The study of media violence analyzes the degree of correlation between themes of violence in media sources (particularly video games, television, and movies) with real-world aggression and violence over time.
Venables: Where, given the fact that you are encouraging more data-driven, informative decisions by policy makers and having the general public be better informed by looking at better research, what should we talk about in the national debate about media influence on violence?
Fifty years of research on the effect of TV violence on children leads to the inescapable conclusion that viewing mediaviolence is related to increases in aggressive attitudes, values, and behaviors.