... massively exaggerated. The extremely broad and often ambiguous nature of violence seen on television can and has resulted in many disagreements concerning the degree of effects this can have on an audience. There has been much research into this concept, some partially successful in concluding an answer, some not and often proving highly contradictory. However there has yet to be a study that fully proves that violence seen in the media is directly linked to human behavioural, emotional or ideological effects. There has been a considerable amount of research into the relationships between the viewing of violent films, videos and TV programmes and aggressive behaviour by the viewers of that material, in particular the behaviour of children. Many theorists in the past, such as the Frankfurt School (1922), have simply viewed the audience as a passive mass, absorbing the information given to them without reaction or hesitation. Due to this ...

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