News tagged with violent media
Popular television shows inaccurately portray violent crime
Researchers at Mayo Clinic compared two popular television shows, CSI and CSI: Miami, to actual U.S. homicide data, and discovered clear differences between media portrayals of violent deaths versus actual murders. This study ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 19, 2009 |
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Watching violent TV, video games desensitizes teenagers and may promote more aggressive behavior
Watching violent films, TV programmes or video games desensitises teenagers, blunts their emotional responses to aggression and potentially promotes aggressive attitudes and behaviour, according to new research published ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 19, 2010 |
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The Growing Market for 'War Porn' -- What's Going On?
(PhysOrg.com) -- "War porn" -- videos viewed for entertainment that feature gruesome footage of dead American soldiers or the killing of soldiers and civilians in the Middle East wars -- are growing in numbers online, in ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 17, 2010 |
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Study: Violent media numb viewers to the pain of others
(PhysOrg.com) -- Violent video games and movies make people numb to the pain and suffering of others, according to a research report published in the March 2009 issue of Psychological Science.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 19, 2009 |
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Effects of TV ad violence, Super Bowl implications on kids (w/ Video)
The Super Bowl annually produces the year's largest TV audience, making it a prime event for advertisers to debut their flashy, new commercials. But ads with violent content aired during a sporting event that also contains ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Violence doesn't add to children's enjoyment of TV shows, movies: study
Despite growing concern about the effects of media violence on children, violent television shows and movies continue to be produced and marketed to them. An Indiana University research study concludes that violence doesn't ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 24, 2011 |
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