Coercion fails to produce lasting behavioral change

Evidence

All of the preceding remedies seek to alter media practices by coercive and restrictive means. Coercion is not a reliable way of achieving lasting changes in human behavior. The failed congressional efforts to mitigate the detrimental aspects of televised fare testify to the weakness of this approach. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 993

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

Related

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