Communication Research

The Effects of TV Violence on Viewers and the Factors Influencing it

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Mohammad Hatami
https://doi.org/10.22082/cr.2008.24060
Abstract
Drawing on the related literature and the bulk of research carried out
on TV violence, the present article aims at studying "the effects of TV
violent programs on the viewers' violent behaviors." The article
identifies moderator and intervening variables in the researches. The
results of most of the researches corroborate that watching violence on
TV leads to violent behaviors or increases these behaviors especially
in children and adolescents. It is obvious that the need of society,
particularly adolescents and teenagers, to excitement and considering
the reality of what happens in most societies, makes TV programs
without violence a rare or even impossible idea. This article tries to
present strategies for minimizing the negative impacts of exposing
violence on TV using intervening variables. Some of these variables
are as follows: the nature of aggressor and victim, the motivation
behind the violence, the extent and clarity of the violence, realism,
reward and punishment, consequences, satire, etc. The article finally
presents some strategies in this regard.

Keywords

Viewers
aggression
TV
Violence

 

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  • Receive Date 13 April 2008
  • Revise Date 04 June 2008
  • Accept Date 06 July 2008

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