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Television Use in America


Violence on American Television
Influence of TV Violence on Children

1 Violence is "any overt depiction of a credible threat of physical force or the actual use of such force intended to physically harm an animate being or group of beings," including harmful consequences of unseen violence. Mediascope National Television Violence Study