... as a babysitter or distraction device.I think that children are more likely to imitate aggression when the perpetrator of the violence is rewarded or at least not punished and when the violence is presented as justified.I strongly believe that television viewing is related to aggression. A study involving this group of investigators explored the extent to which viewing of violent content had an effect in countries in which both societal attitudes towards aggression and the content of and access to television programming varied widely. The countries included in the study were Australia, Finland, Poland, and the United States. These countries differ widely in homicide rates (with the U.S. having the highest rates and Poland the lowest), rates of television ownership, and number of hours per day when programming is available (with the U.S. having the highest rates and Israel and Finland having the lowest rates, respectively). Measures were obtained of ...

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