Media violence effects are common, not restricted to disturbed viewers

Evidence

This causal attribution makes internal pathology, rather than televised fare, a contributor to the harmful behavior. The problem with this explanation is that media effects are common occurrences, not rare ones. In the case of vicarious learning, virtually all viewers learn most, if not all, of the aggressive style of behavior being modeled (Bandura, 1965). In tests of performance effects of modeled aggression, it is not merely a few viewers who become more aggressive (Anderson & Bushman, 2001). Similarly, habituation and desensitization to human cruelty through massive exposure to televised violence is a common emotion-blunting phenomenon, not a selectively rare one. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 922 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: TV violence is a necessary but insufficient cause of aggression; Media effects on aggression are common, not limited to the disturbed — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 922; Media effects are common occurrences, not confined to rare psychopaths (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Media effects on aggression are common, not limited to the disturbed #expands (0.97) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 922
• Media effects are common occurrences, not confined to rare psychopaths #expands (0.95)