American prime-time television sustains a stable eight assaults per hour
Evidence
Various survey studies have shown that the American televised world is a rich source of violence. Gerbner (1972b), who has conducted the most comprehensive yearly analyses of televised violence, reports a stable violence rate of eight assaults per hour, with approximately 66% of dramatic programs containing violent activity involving either commiters or victims of violence. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 799
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
Related
- Two-thirds of American dramatic TV programs depict violence at eight assaults per hour. (similarity 0.96)
- Television shows violent crimes at six times their real-world rate (similarity 0.87)
- Television portrays roughly two-thirds of crimes as violent though only ten percent are (similarity 0.84)
- American youth absorb thousands of onscreen violent acts by adulthood (similarity 0.83)
- Viewing televised violence increases rather than reduces aggressive behavior. (similarity 0.82)
- Televised violence does not increase viewership according to Nielsen data (similarity 0.81)
- Institutional incentives, not human nature, drive televised violence. (similarity 0.81)
- Children’s cartoons contain the highest concentration of televised violence (similarity 0.80)
- Televised violence does not attract larger audiences (similarity 0.80)
- Heavy exposure to televised violence measurably raises fear of victimization and distrust (similarity 0.79)
- Televised violence reflects industry misbeliefs and constraints, not viewer demand. (similarity 0.79)
- Televised violence harms nonviewers through emulation and victimization (similarity 0.79)
- Audiences habituate to violence so that even its rising lethality goes unremarked (similarity 0.78)