Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Criticism about violence in the media increases and decreases in cycles.
2. Violence is an easy concept to define.
3. Generally, the public is concerned with violence in children’s cartoons such as Tom and Jerry.
4. The public generally overestimates that amount of violence in the media.
5. Almost all acts of physical violence on television are sanitized or camouflaged with humor.


1.true
2.false
3.false
4.false
5.true

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