Question

Effects of watching violence and crime on the television

Answer 1

(1) children’s learning of aggressive attitudes and behaviors.

(2) desensitization, or an increased callousness towards victims of violence.

(3) increased or exaggerated fear of being victimized by violence. While all of these effects reflect adverse outcomes, it is the first – an increased propensity for violent behavior – that is at the core of public health concern about televised violence.