EJ496752
PS522877
Title: Children's Toleration of Real-Life Aggression after Exposure
to Media Violence: A Replication of the Drabman and Thomas Studies.Author(s): Molitor, Fred; Hirsch, Kenneth William
Source: Child Study Journal, v24 n3 p191-207 1994
Publication Date: 1994
ISSN: 0009-4005
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJMAY1995
Results of
four mid-1970s experiments continue to be used as evidence that
exposure to media violence desensitizes children to real-life aggression.
This study replicated procedures from those experiments using contemporary
video materials, and results confirmed original findings that children
tend to tolerate more the aggressive behaviors of others if they
have first seen television or film violence. (TJQ)
Descriptors: *Aggression; Child Behavior; Elementary Education;
*Elementary School Students; Films; *Mass Media Effects; Mass Media
Role; Television Viewing; *Violence
Identifiers: *Media Influences; Tolerance; Video Viewing
