Televised violence is kept off camera to avoid viewer revulsion
Evidence
Screenwriters and producers shield viewers from revulsion at vicious beatings and mangled bodies by having the characters beaten or killed off camera. This solution disembodies the physical violence. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 936
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
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- Televised violence harms nonviewers through emulation and victimization (similarity 0.82)
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- Televised violence reflects industry misbeliefs and constraints, not viewer demand. (similarity 0.80)
- Television shows violent crimes at six times their real-world rate (similarity 0.80)
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