On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, Harry Avis went: > I am skeptical the the media in any form has any lasting influence > on most of us even as children. It may shape the form of the > behavior but not the content.
Glad you said it. I second it. I can't find any convincing evidence that mass-media violence induces _real-life_ aggression in people who would not otherwise have become aggressive. The last review I read of the topic (available at http://psych-server.iastate.edu/faculty/caa/abstracts/2000-2004/01AB.html), though deeply confident in its own conclusions, was laden with rhetoric that bordered on the extrascientific. --David Epstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
