> > Here is my question for you: do you think that sustained media > narratives have any effect on the people who are watching them? Do > they have any effect at all on already unstable people prone to > violence?
Definitely yes. Going back to A. Bandura's work in the 1960's and following through with the majority of the research into compliance and social influence since then have shown just that. On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: >> Great! The adult version of "a video game made me do it". >> >> Take some personal responsibility. > > Of course the guy is personally responsible. And he was without a > doubt mentally unstable. Dude was crazy. I said all of that already. > > Here is my question for you: do you think that sustained media > narratives have any effect on the people who are watching them? Do > they have any effect at all on already unstable people prone to > violence? > > That is not about deflecting responsibility from the people who commit > atrocities. It is a question about responsibility from all parties and > it is an honest question. I saw plenty of people who claimed, in the > previous administration, that criticism of the President emboldened > terrorists. They are quite sure that the words of Obama and others on > the Left make the terrorists more likely to attack. Do you think that > is true? Do you think it is possibly true? > > Juda > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312264 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
