snowdeal.org

got kids? know anybody who does? then maybe
you’ll want to read stephen talbott’s excellent analysis of

television and violence

. think about this next time you’re enjoying
grand theft
auto 3

:

“The news will stimulate little change, but should be
mentioned anyway. A seventeen-year study of 707 individuals,
published in Science magazine (March 29, 2002), concluded that

There was a significant association between the amount
of time spent watching television during adolescence and early
adulthood and the likelihood of subsequent aggressive acts against
others.”

“Anderson and Bushman also point out that the weight of the
evidence from all the available studies is not trivial. The effects
“are larger than the effects of calcium intake on bone mass or of
lead exposure on IQ in children”. Moreover, “recent work
demonstrates similar-sized effects of violent video games on
aggression”.”