If one culprit is suspected above all others for encouraging society to become more violent and unfeeling, it is television. This medium, which has become so pe

This third annual report presents comparative year-to-year data on the nature of violence on television across programme genres and channel types in the United

Concern about violence on television has been publicly debated for the past 50 years. TV violence has repeatedly been identified as a significant causal agent i

In 1969, Senator John Pastore requested that the Surgeon General appoint a committee to conduct an inquiry into television violence and its effect on children.