Media Violence and Adolescent Aggression are related
Today, television, video games, music and other media sources are part of the everyday life of our youth. “American adolescent spends approximately eight hours a day using media, either as a primary activity or as background to other activities” (Arnett, 2001), and violent displays are becoming more common. Adolescents between the ages of 6-13 who are exposed to violence in the media are more aggressive than those who are not.
To test this theory, a group of 100 individual case studies will be evaluated. There will be a wide variety of samples from the general population including both male and female subjects in the age range of 6-13 years old. The backgrounds of the subjects would be varied,
Today, television, video games, music and other media sources are part of the everyday life of our youth. “American adolescent spends approximately eight hours a day using media, either as a primary activity or as background to other activities” (Arnett, 2001), and violent displays are becoming more common. Adolescents between the ages of 6-13 who are exposed to violence in the media are more aggressive than those who are not.
To test this theory, a group of 100 individual case studies will be evaluated. There will be a wide variety of samples from the general population including both male and female subjects in the age range of 6-13 years old. The backgrounds of the subjects would be varied,