The Voice of Heard/Desensitization and Media Violence as of This Time

Submitted by TC Tim on June 11, 2008 - 10:04am.

The issue of media violence and desensitization has puzzled me.  I have tried to find the latest research that asks how exposure to media violence desensitizes people to real-life violence, why people watch them, and how media violence is related to violence in the real world.  But the studies I find on the internet which correlate desensitization to media violence have been conducted about 12 years ago.

If you happen to be aware of the issue and have some knowledge of any recent research, I would like to know.  But the research must have:

1. Specific statistics

2. Understandable methodological grounds

3. Exact definitions and parameters of words that are used in a particular study such as "violence", "aggressive behavior", "links", etc.

4. Training, education, and social environment included into meaningful contexts

5. Describe how subjects of a specific experiment respond emotionally to media violence and real-life violence

Since this is a concern that must be addressed, it must be done in the most open-minded and reasonable manner possible.

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I dont know if these would

Submitted by Anonymous on July 28, 2008 - 12:45am.

I dont know if these would help... You have probably already seen them, but it's worth a look I think:

http://www.joannecantor.com/montrealpap_fin.htm
http://medialiteracy.suite101.com/article.cfm/theories_of_violence_in_the_media
http://www.bookrags.com/research/desensitization-and-media-effects-eci-01/
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5244/is_199712/ai_n21004340
http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~ker/scholarly_research.htm
http://instructors.cwrl.utexas.edu/jesson/?q=node/122
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3152445

Thanks for the Links

Submitted by TC Tim on July 29, 2008 - 11:55pm.

I would like to thank you for the links you have sent me. I'll have a look at them and maybe do a blog on it later on. However, I could only get a fragment of one of the links here:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5244/is_199712/ai_n21004340

I can find the full article from the website called Highbeam Research, but I would have to have a paid membership in order to read it.

I have printed the other articles so I can read and examine them. Again, I thank you for sending me the links.

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