THE IMPACT OF PRIVATE TELEVISION CRIME SHOWS ON YOUTH EXAMINING THE LINK BETWEEN MEDIA CONSUMPTION AND AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gmcr.2024(IX-I).04      10.31703/gmcr.2024(IX-I).04      Published : Mar 2024
Authored by : Bilal Ahmad , Muhammad Irfan Ali , Ali Ashraf

04 Pages : 51-61

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  • Bartholow, B. D., & Anderson, C. A. (2002). Effects of violent video games on aggressive behaviour: Potential sex differences. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 38(3), 283–290. https://doi.org/10.1006/jesp.2001.1502
  • Beyerlein, K., & Hipp, J. R. (2005). Social capital, too much of a good thing? American religious traditions and community crime. Social Forces, 84(2), 995–1013. https://doi.org/10.1353/sof.2006.0004
  • Bioulac, S., Arfi, L., & Bouvard, M. (2008). Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and video games: A comparative study of hyperactive and control children. European Psychiatry, 23(2), 134–141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2007.11.002
  • Blanchard, T. C., Bartkowski, J. P., Matthews, T. L., & Kerley, K. R. (2008). Faith, Morality and Mortality: The Ecological Impact of Religion on Population Health. Social Forces, 86(4), 1591–1620. https://doi.org/10.1353/sof.0.0045
  • Bryant, J., & Miron, D. (2004). Theory and research in mass communication. Journal of Communication, 54(4), 662–704. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2004.tb02650.x
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  • Bushman, B. J., & Huesmann, L. R. (2006). Short-term and long-term effects of violent media on aggression in children and adults. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 160(4), 348. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.160.4.348
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  • Coyne, S. M., & Archer, J. (2004). Indirect aggression in the media: A content analysis of British television programs. Aggressive Behavior, 30(3), 254–271. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.20022
  • Coyne, S. M., & Archer, J. (2005). The relationship between indirect and physical aggression on television and in real life. Social Development, 14(2), 324–338. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2005.00304.x
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  • Gerbner, G., Gross, L., Morgan, M., & Signorielli, N. (1980). The “Mainstreaming” of America: Violence Profile No. 11. Journal of Communication, 30(3), 10– 29. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1980.tb01987.x
  • Huesmann, L. R., & Miller, L. B. (1994). Long-Term effects of repeated exposure to media violence in childhood. In ËœThe Å“Plenum series in social/clinical psychology (pp. 153–186). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9116-7_7
  • Huesmann, L. R., Moise-Titus, J., Podolski, C., & Eron, L. D. (2003). Longitudinal relations between children’s exposure to TV violence and their aggressive and violent behavior in young adulthood: 1977-1992. Developmental Psychology, 39(2), 201–221. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.39.2.201
  • Johnson, J. G., Cohen, P., Kasen, S., & Brook, J. S. (2007). Extensive television viewing and the development of attention and learning difficulties during adolescence. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 161(5), 480. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.161.5.480
  • Lee, M. R., & Thomas, S. A. (2009). Civic community, population change, and violent crime in rural communities. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 47(1), 118–147. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022427809348907
  • Lee, M. R. (2008). CIVIC COMMUNITY IN THE HINTERLAND: TOWARD a THEORY OF RURAL SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND VIOLENCE*. Criminology, 46(2), 447–478. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-9125.2008.00115.x
  • Lee, M. R., & Bartkowski, J. P. (2004). Civic participation, regional subcultures, and violence. Homicide Studies, 8(1), 5–39. https://doi.org/10.1177/1088767903256528
  • Lee, M. R., & Ousey, G. C. (2005). Institutional access, residential segregation, and urban Black homicide*. Sociological Inquiry, 75(1), 31–54. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-682x.2005.00111.x
  • Moffitt TE, Caspi A, Harrington H, Milne BJ. Males on the lifecourse- persistent and adolescence-limited antisocial pathways: Follow-up at age 26 years. Dev Psychopathol 2002;14:179 –207. of British television programs. Aggressive Behavior, 30, 254–271.
  • Ostrov, J. M., Gentile, D. A., & Crick, N. R. (2006). Media exposure, aggression and prosocial behavior during early childhood: a longitudinal study. Social Development (Oxford. Print), 15(4), 612–627. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2006.00360.x
  • Paik, H., & Comstock, G. (1994). The Effects of Television Violence on Antisocial Behavior: A Meta-Analysis1. Communication Research, 21(4), 516–546. https://doi.org/10.1177/009365094021004004
  • Potter, J. (1999). On Media Violence. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications
  • Robinson, T. N., Wilde, M. L., Navracruz, L. C., Haydel, K. F., & Varady, A. (2001). Effects of reducing children’s television and video game use on aggressive behavior. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 155(1), 17. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.155.1.17
  • Savage, J. (2004). Does viewing violent media really cause criminal violence? A methodological review. Aggression and Violent Behavior (Print), 10(1), 99–128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2003.10.001
  • Sparks, G.G., Sparks, E. A & Sparks, C.W. (2008) Media Violence. In J. Bryant (Ed),Media Effects: Advances in Theory and Research(3rd ed., pp. 269–286)
  • Swing, E. L., Gentile, D. A., Anderson, C. A., & Walsh, D. (2010). Television and video game exposure and the development of attention problems. Pediatrics, 126(2), 214–221. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2009-1508
  • West, Richard & Turner, Lynn (2010).cc: Analysis and Application. (Fourth Edition). McGraw Hill.
  • Wilson, B. J., Colvin, C. M., & Smith, S. L. (2002). Engaging in Violence on American Television: a Comparison of Child, Teen, and Adult Perpetrators. Journal of Communication, 52(1), 36–60. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2002.tb02532.x
  • Wood, W., Wong, F. Y., & Chachere, J. G. (1991). Effects of media violence on viewers’ aggression in unconstrained social interaction. Psychological Bulletin, 109(3), 371–383. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.109.3.371
  • Woodard, E. H. (1999). The 1999 state of children's television report: Programming for children over broadcast and cable television. (Report No. 28). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg Public Policy Center
  • Zillmann, D., & Weaver, J. B. (1999). Effects of prolonged exposure to gratuitous media violence on provoked and unprovoked hostile behavior1. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29(1), 145–165. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.1999.tb01379.x
  • American Psychological Society (1974). Violence and youth: Psychology's response. Washington, DC: Author. and behaviour in the laboratory and in life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 772–790
  • Anderson, C. A., & Bushman, B. J. (2002). The effects of media violence on society. Science, 295(5564), 2377– 2379. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1070765
  • Anderson, C. A., & Dill, K. E. (2000). Video games and aggressive thoughts, feelings, and behaviour in the laboratory and in life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78(4), 772–790. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.78.4.772
  • Anderson, C. A., Gentile, D. A., & Buckley, K. E. (2007). Violent video game effects on children and adolescents. In Oxford University Press eBooks. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195309836.001.0001
  • Bailey, K., West, R., & Anderson, C. A. (2010). A negative association between video game experience and proactive cognitive control. Psychophysiology, 47(1), 34–42. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00925.x
  • Bartholow, B. D., & Anderson, C. A. (2002). Effects of violent video games on aggressive behaviour: Potential sex differences. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 38(3), 283–290. https://doi.org/10.1006/jesp.2001.1502
  • Beyerlein, K., & Hipp, J. R. (2005). Social capital, too much of a good thing? American religious traditions and community crime. Social Forces, 84(2), 995–1013. https://doi.org/10.1353/sof.2006.0004
  • Bioulac, S., Arfi, L., & Bouvard, M. (2008). Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and video games: A comparative study of hyperactive and control children. European Psychiatry, 23(2), 134–141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2007.11.002
  • Blanchard, T. C., Bartkowski, J. P., Matthews, T. L., & Kerley, K. R. (2008). Faith, Morality and Mortality: The Ecological Impact of Religion on Population Health. Social Forces, 86(4), 1591–1620. https://doi.org/10.1353/sof.0.0045
  • Bryant, J., & Miron, D. (2004). Theory and research in mass communication. Journal of Communication, 54(4), 662–704. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2004.tb02650.x
  • Bushman, B. J., & Anderson, C. A. (2001). Media violence and the American public: Scientific facts versus media misinformation. American Psychologist/Ëœthe Å“American Psychologist, 56(6–7), 477–489. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066x.56.6-7.477
  • Bushman, B. J., & Huesmann, L. R. (2006). Short-term and long-term effects of violent media on aggression in children and adults. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 160(4), 348. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.160.4.348
  • Cantor, J. (2003). Media Violence Effects and Interventions: The roles of Communication and emotion. In Routledge eBooks (pp. 205–228). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781410607584-16
  • Cantor, J., & Nathanson, A. I. (1997). Predictors of children’s interest in violent television programs. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 41(2), 155– 167. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838159709364398
  • Coyne, S. M., & Archer, J. (2004). Indirect aggression in the media: A content analysis of British television programs. Aggressive Behavior, 30(3), 254–271. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.20022
  • Coyne, S. M., & Archer, J. (2005). The relationship between indirect and physical aggression on television and in real life. Social Development, 14(2), 324–338. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2005.00304.x
  • Donnerstein, E., & Linz, D. (1995). The media. In J. Q. Wilson, & J. Petersilia (Eds.), Crime ( pp. 237–266). San Francisco, CA: Institute for Contemporary Studies Press.
  • Freedman, J. (2002). Media Violence and Its Effect on Aggression: Assessing the Scientific Evidence. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctt1287sxj
  • Gentile, D. A. (2009). The rating systems for media products. In S. Calvert & B. J. Wilson (Eds.), Handbook of children, media, and development. Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444302752.ch23.
  • Gentile, D. A. (2009). The rating systems for media products. In S. Calvert & B. J. Wilson (Eds.), Handbook of children, media, and development. Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444302752.ch23.
  • Gerbner, G., Gross, L., Morgan, M., & Signorielli, N. (1980). The “Mainstreaming” of America: Violence Profile No. 11. Journal of Communication, 30(3), 10– 29. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1980.tb01987.x
  • Huesmann, L. R., & Miller, L. B. (1994). Long-Term effects of repeated exposure to media violence in childhood. In ËœThe Å“Plenum series in social/clinical psychology (pp. 153–186). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9116-7_7
  • Huesmann, L. R., Moise-Titus, J., Podolski, C., & Eron, L. D. (2003). Longitudinal relations between children’s exposure to TV violence and their aggressive and violent behavior in young adulthood: 1977-1992. Developmental Psychology, 39(2), 201–221. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.39.2.201
  • Johnson, J. G., Cohen, P., Kasen, S., & Brook, J. S. (2007). Extensive television viewing and the development of attention and learning difficulties during adolescence. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 161(5), 480. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.161.5.480
  • Lee, M. R., & Thomas, S. A. (2009). Civic community, population change, and violent crime in rural communities. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 47(1), 118–147. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022427809348907
  • Lee, M. R. (2008). CIVIC COMMUNITY IN THE HINTERLAND: TOWARD a THEORY OF RURAL SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND VIOLENCE*. Criminology, 46(2), 447–478. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-9125.2008.00115.x
  • Lee, M. R., & Bartkowski, J. P. (2004). Civic participation, regional subcultures, and violence. Homicide Studies, 8(1), 5–39. https://doi.org/10.1177/1088767903256528
  • Lee, M. R., & Ousey, G. C. (2005). Institutional access, residential segregation, and urban Black homicide*. Sociological Inquiry, 75(1), 31–54. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-682x.2005.00111.x
  • Moffitt TE, Caspi A, Harrington H, Milne BJ. Males on the lifecourse- persistent and adolescence-limited antisocial pathways: Follow-up at age 26 years. Dev Psychopathol 2002;14:179 –207. of British television programs. Aggressive Behavior, 30, 254–271.
  • Ostrov, J. M., Gentile, D. A., & Crick, N. R. (2006). Media exposure, aggression and prosocial behavior during early childhood: a longitudinal study. Social Development (Oxford. Print), 15(4), 612–627. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2006.00360.x
  • Paik, H., & Comstock, G. (1994). The Effects of Television Violence on Antisocial Behavior: A Meta-Analysis1. Communication Research, 21(4), 516–546. https://doi.org/10.1177/009365094021004004
  • Potter, J. (1999). On Media Violence. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications
  • Robinson, T. N., Wilde, M. L., Navracruz, L. C., Haydel, K. F., & Varady, A. (2001). Effects of reducing children’s television and video game use on aggressive behavior. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 155(1), 17. https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.155.1.17
  • Savage, J. (2004). Does viewing violent media really cause criminal violence? A methodological review. Aggression and Violent Behavior (Print), 10(1), 99–128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2003.10.001
  • Sparks, G.G., Sparks, E. A & Sparks, C.W. (2008) Media Violence. In J. Bryant (Ed),Media Effects: Advances in Theory and Research(3rd ed., pp. 269–286)
  • Swing, E. L., Gentile, D. A., Anderson, C. A., & Walsh, D. (2010). Television and video game exposure and the development of attention problems. Pediatrics, 126(2), 214–221. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2009-1508
  • West, Richard & Turner, Lynn (2010).cc: Analysis and Application. (Fourth Edition). McGraw Hill.
  • Wilson, B. J., Colvin, C. M., & Smith, S. L. (2002). Engaging in Violence on American Television: a Comparison of Child, Teen, and Adult Perpetrators. Journal of Communication, 52(1), 36–60. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2002.tb02532.x
  • Wood, W., Wong, F. Y., & Chachere, J. G. (1991). Effects of media violence on viewers’ aggression in unconstrained social interaction. Psychological Bulletin, 109(3), 371–383. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.109.3.371
  • Woodard, E. H. (1999). The 1999 state of children's television report: Programming for children over broadcast and cable television. (Report No. 28). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg Public Policy Center
  • Zillmann, D., & Weaver, J. B. (1999). Effects of prolonged exposure to gratuitous media violence on provoked and unprovoked hostile behavior1. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29(1), 145–165. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.1999.tb01379.x

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    APA : Ahmad, B., Ali, M. I., & Ashraf, A. (2024). The Impact of Private Television Crime Shows on Youth: Examining the Link Between Media Consumption and Aggressive Behaviour. Global Mass Communication Review, IX(I), 51-61. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmcr.2024(IX-I).04
    CHICAGO : Ahmad, Bilal, Muhammad Irfan Ali, and Ali Ashraf. 2024. "The Impact of Private Television Crime Shows on Youth: Examining the Link Between Media Consumption and Aggressive Behaviour." Global Mass Communication Review, IX (I): 51-61 doi: 10.31703/gmcr.2024(IX-I).04
    HARVARD : AHMAD, B., ALI, M. I. & ASHRAF, A. 2024. The Impact of Private Television Crime Shows on Youth: Examining the Link Between Media Consumption and Aggressive Behaviour. Global Mass Communication Review, IX, 51-61.
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    OXFORD : Ahmad, Bilal, Ali, Muhammad Irfan, and Ashraf, Ali (2024), "The Impact of Private Television Crime Shows on Youth: Examining the Link Between Media Consumption and Aggressive Behaviour", Global Mass Communication Review, IX (I), 51-61
    TURABIAN : Ahmad, Bilal, Muhammad Irfan Ali, and Ali Ashraf. "The Impact of Private Television Crime Shows on Youth: Examining the Link Between Media Consumption and Aggressive Behaviour." Global Mass Communication Review IX, no. I (2024): 51-61. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmcr.2024(IX-I).04