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Television and children's aggressive behavior: Another look

Television and children's aggressive behavior: Another look TELEVISION AND CHILDREN'S AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR: ANOTHER LOOK Robert M. Liebert Violence and aggression have been part of children's fictional lore from early times. The fireside story and the fairy tale were, however, a relatively small part of the child's life, usually integrated into a more or less cohesive and stable system of socialization. With the arrival of radio and then television the situation changed markedly.Control of the content of entertainment to which children might be exposed left the hands of parents, family, and subculture. True mass media entertainment came into being. Violence has always been a part of American television, but it has gradually and con- sistently increased over time. In 1954, for example, no more than 17 percent of prime time television was devoted to violence-saturated action adventure programs; by 1961 it was up to 60 percent. In one week of Los Angeles entertainment television in 1960 there were 144 murders, thirteen kidnappings, seven torture scenes, four lynchings, and a few more miscellaneous acts of violence, all occurring before 9:00 p.m., when most children are still watching. Almost 200 hours weekly were devoted to crime scenes in 1964, with over 500 killings committed per week; two-thirds of the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

Television and children's aggressive behavior: Another look

The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 34 (2): 9 – Mar 1, 1974

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
1974 APS Publications, Inc.
ISSN
0002-9548
eISSN
1573-6741
DOI
10.1007/BF01272126
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Abstract

TELEVISION AND CHILDREN'S AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR: ANOTHER LOOK Robert M. Liebert Violence and aggression have been part of children's fictional lore from early times. The fireside story and the fairy tale were, however, a relatively small part of the child's life, usually integrated into a more or less cohesive and stable system of socialization. With the arrival of radio and then television the situation changed markedly.Control of the content of entertainment to which children might be exposed left the hands of parents, family, and subculture. True mass media entertainment came into being. Violence has always been a part of American television, but it has gradually and con- sistently increased over time. In 1954, for example, no more than 17 percent of prime time television was devoted to violence-saturated action adventure programs; by 1961 it was up to 60 percent. In one week of Los Angeles entertainment television in 1960 there were 144 murders, thirteen kidnappings, seven torture scenes, four lynchings, and a few more miscellaneous acts of violence, all occurring before 9:00 p.m., when most children are still watching. Almost 200 hours weekly were devoted to crime scenes in 1964, with over 500 killings committed per week; two-thirds of the

Journal

The American Journal of PsychoanalysisSpringer Journals

Published: Mar 1, 1974

Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis

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