TV Violence

Exposure to TV violence has brought about some negative aspects with the relationship of children's aggression. This report is to show the negative effects and it will firstly talk about an experiment by Joy, Kimball, and Zabrack in 1986 and their finding. Then a brief description of Robinson and Bachman's work. Followed by a study done by Bandura in 1963. Then a study done on violence to TV usage by Langham and Stewart in 1981 and Sheehan's 1983 study. …

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