Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id IAA17048 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 16 Apr 2002 08:50:13 +0100 Message-ID: <570E2BEE7BC5A34684EE5914FCFC368C10FC2D@fillan.stir.ac.uk> From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk> To: "'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Subject: RE: media violence report in Science Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 08:43:31 +0100 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Filter-Info: UoS MailScan 0.1 [D 1] X-MailScanner: Found to be clean Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
<Claiming there is a correlation between the amount of violence on
TV and the
> amount of violence in society is not a claim of a direct cause and
> effect.>
>
You're right, it shouldn't be, but that is persistently the claim
that is made.
>
<I don't believe they are saying that anyone seeing violence will
commit
> violence. What they are saying, IMO, is that an increase in one leads to
> an
> increase in the other.>
>
Which is a causal inference- increased viewing of TV violence leads
to increased violent behaviour. They got self reported data from a long
period of time, so one fo their more contentious claims is that exposure
over time makes kids grow up to be more violent adults. They make their
claims to causal links quite clear.
Vincent
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