The broadcast industry systematically suppressed adverse media-effects research

Evidence

This excursion into the public policy arena provided a sobering glimpse into the power of the broadcast industry. Look magazine invited me to write a piece on the social influence of television for a special issue they were publishing on Youth. When it appeared, the Television Information Office, a subsidiary of the National Association of Broadcasters, sent a large packet to its sponsor stations explaining why my research on social modeling and testimony at a Senate hearing should be disregarded. This was just the beginning of a multipronged offensive. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 894 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Sponsor-driven television suppressed any programming that contradicted upbeat commercial messages — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 497; Low-powered studies disproportionately feed industry propaganda — Cailin O’Connor and James Owen Weatherall, The Misinformation Age: How False…, 386; The broadcast industry suppressed findings of its own violence effects report (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• The broadcast industry suppressed findings of its own violence effects report #exemplifies (0.97)
• The broadcast industry organized coordinated attacks on violence researchers #exemplifies (0.96) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 894
• Broadcast industry attacked researchers whose findings threatened advertising profits #exemplifies (0.95)
• Industry-funded television research suppressed unfavorable findings and used straw-man tests #exemplifies (0.93)
• Displacing blame onto viewers lets media deny televised violence causes harm #complicates (0.72) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 916