Psychology A2 level media essay - the effects that PRO/ANTI-SOCIAL behaviour has on AGGRESSION

"There is much public interest in the debate about the effects of violence in the media on the behaviour of young children. But why don't people focus on the potentially pro-social influence?" Throughout the existence of popular media outlets, critics have suggested links between the embracement of them in public life and negative aspects of human behaviour. In the Victorian period, the 'penny theatre' was attributed to corrupting the mind with scenes of "grossness, crime …

…of media violence and aggressive behaviour is far too simplistic and often flawed in its experimental origins. Rather than seek a scapegoat to blame the anti-social problems on, critics and psychologists should look to a more all encompassing explanation, a theory that takes into accounts the different factors involved in inciting anti-social behaviour. Perhaps as well, it is appropriate that there is now more research into aggression being an inherent aspect of the human psyche.