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ED366329 IR016537

 

Title: Television Violence and Behavior: A Research Summary. ERIC Digest.
Author(s): Smith, Marilyn E.
Author Affiliation: ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology, Syracuse, NY.(BBB30993)
Pages: 4
Publication Date: December 1993
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. (EDD00036)
Contract No: RR93002009
Report No: EDO-IR-93-8
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
Availability: ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology, 4-194 Center for Science and Technology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-4100 (free while supplies last).
Language: English
Document Type: ERIC product (071); ERIC digests in full text (073)
Geographic Source: U.S.; New York
Journal Announcement: RIEJUN1994

This digest describes the overall pattern of the results of research on television violence and behavior. Several variables in the relationship between television violence and aggression related to characteristics of the viewers and to the portrayal of violence are identified. Viewer characteristics included: age, amount of television watched, identification with television personalities, belief that television violence is realistic, intellectual achievement, and psychological state before and after viewing television. In addition, the digest summarizes concerns regarding the effects of television violence. (Contains 20 references.) (TMK)

Descriptors: *Aggression; Behavior Patterns; *Behavior Problems; Child Behavior; Children; Federal Regulation; Self Control; Television; Television Research; *Television Viewing; *Violence
Identifiers: ERIC Digests