Assignment answer needs editing :)?

This is part of an assignment for my college psychology course. There is no assigned length for this as it depends on our writing/research style :) thanks in advance. (btw, im canadian so don't correct the 'u' in behaviour lol)





Does violence on television and/or in films cause aggression in viewers? Is there a connection between media violence and aggressive behaviour in viewers? If yes, what motivates it? If not, what curtails it? Discuss. Finally, is it correlational or causal?


“By the time the average U.S. child starts


elementary school he or she will have seen


8,000 murders and 100,00 acts of violence on TV.”


-New Scientist, 2007


Whether or not media has a large impact on the aggressiveness of viewers, the above statistic has cannot be a good thing for viewers.





I do believe that media violence has an impact on the aggressiveness of viewers, especially in children and youth whose brains are still developing. In this age of technology, many children have adopted the media as their teacher, parent and role model. These effects can be exacerbated in children as they regularly emulate others, especially those they idolize such as celebrities or television characters. While media violence may not be the sole cause of aggression in viewers, it can certainly bring out said behaviours in susceptible individuals Having said this, I believe media violence works together with other factors to cause aggression and the connection is correlational rather than causal.|||I like what you have, except do you mean 10,000 or 100,000??