On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Goss, Bill went: > However, in literature and story telling the images were generally > self-generated. In visual media someone else provides the image.
That's a good basis for hypothesizing that there might be something especially influential about visual media, and perhaps something unprecedentedly influential about TV, movies, and video games. What I keep saying is that the hypothesis should be tested. And on Thu, 11 Apr 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] went: > For yet another line of research pointing to the same types of conclusions > as the laboratory and correlational studies that David refers to check out > T.M. Williams (Ed.)The impact of television: A natural experiment involving > three towns, NY: Academic. Joy,et al found increased levels of aggression > after television was introduced into a remote town. That sounds interesting and possibly persuasive; I'll look for it. > Many lines of evidence converge in this area. Video games not only > show violence, but they also encourage rehearsal and reward violent > acts. Remember, the kids at Columbine were taking people out with > one shot. Now, this is exactly the sort of inferential leap I keep complaining about... > There is a great episode of the Simpsons that deals with this issue. Yes! The episode was called "Itchy and Scratchy and Marge" (synposis at http://www.snpp.com/episodes/7F09.html), and it ends with Marge's admission that her protest against TV violence had had serious unintended consequences involving indiscriminate censorship: "I guess one person *can* make a difference," she says, "but most of the time, they probably *shouldn't*." --David Epstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
