An expert on media violence has been asked to testify before Congress. What is she likely to say concerning violence on television?
a) Television violence is sanitized, so there is little blood, gore, or pain.
b) The violence on television is not different than the reports of violence that we see and hear on television.
c) Most children nowadays are accustomed to dealing with fantasy via various forms of media and understand the concept and content of media violence.
d) The message tends to work two ways – it can increase violence or it can decrease violence because of the graphic nature of much of the television violence.
A
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