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 Electronic Mass Media and TV Violence

    by:
  • Poliana Ştefănescu (University of Bucharest, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, 9 Schitu Măgureanu Street, Bucharest, district 5, Romania, tel. +40724474696, E-mail: poliana.stefanescu@gmail.com)


TV violence undoubted influences the attitudes, values and behaviours of those who watch TV programs. The researchers tried to answer the following question: to what extent exposure to mass media messages with a violent character stimulate the aggressive behaviour? The American Psychology Association partly answered this question asserting that prolonged exposure to excessive violence is strongly correlated with the rise of acceptance of aggressive attitudes and adopting an aggressive behaviour.


Keywords: violence, attitudes, values, behaviours, mass media, aggressiveness