PSYC 6 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Relational Aggression, Sex In Film, Observational Learning
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There are more tvs than toilets in the us. The average tv is on more than 7 hours / day. Violence more frequent in kids(cid:389) programs (about 2x more per hour) Average kid watching 2 hours per day will see 10,000 violent acts per year. 54-64% on basic cable; 92% of prime time shows on premium cable. Many saturday morning cartoons value violence in the story (power rangers) Characters are valued for their combat abilities. Violence used as acceptable means to attain goals. New ptc study finds more violence on children"s tv than on adult-oriented tv. Parents tv council (2005): content analyses of 8 networks (abc, fox, nbc, wb, abc family (10. 96), cartoon. Network, disney channel, nickelodeon = 7. 86 violent acts per hour. The (non)violent world of youtube: content trends in web video. 13% of videos coded for violent content (61% tv) The things people search for on the internet are less violent than what tv programs give them.
