Televised Violence and Paranoid Perception: The View From Great Britain

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American viewers who have seen large quantities of violent material have a greater tendency to answer questions about the real work) in ways which make it seem closer to the nature of the world depicted on television than do viewers who have only seen small amounts of television. Interpretation of the implications of these findings has been vigorously developed, probably far beyond the certainty which can be attached to the rigor of the empirical results. If the effects of heavy violence consumption are as strong as alleged, they should be discernible when sought again in a similar culture, and with similar methods. An attempt to replicate the American results among British viewers suggests that the paranoid effect is absent from their viewing experience. It may not have been convincingly demonstrated hitherto in America either.

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