Broadcast time constraints make violence the cheapest narrative way to resolve conflict

Evidence

Time constraints are another factor that makes violence the preferred vehicle of conflict and its resolution. Violence is an easy way to initiate conflict, advance the plotline, and achieve a quick, decisive end to it. There is no time, say the broadcasters, for reflective thought. It only slows things down. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 945

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

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• Viewing televised violence increases rather than reduces aggressive behavior. (similarity 0.80)
• Compelling drama needs conflict but not on-screen violence (similarity 0.79)
• Audiences habituate to violence so that even its rising lethality goes unremarked (similarity 0.79)
• Institutional incentives, not human nature, drive televised violence. (similarity 0.79)
• Televised violence reflects industry misbeliefs and constraints, not viewer demand. (similarity 0.79)
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• Violence is more likely when easier and seen as likely to succeed (similarity 0.79)