Media violence teaches aggression, weakens restraint, desensitizes, and distorts perceived reality

Evidence

The empirical findings of diverse lines of research demonstrate that exposure to televised violence has four separable effects. It can teach novel styles of aggressive behavior; weaken restraints on the performance of preexisting styles of aggressive behavior; desensitize and habituate viewers to human cruelty; and shape public images of reality. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 716

Categorization

• SEED: The four separable effects could anchor an essay on what children learn from violent media beyond ‘copying’ — especially the desensitization and reality-shaping effects.