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"...the United States Surgeon General carried out a new investigation of television violence research in 1972...the conclusions of the report to the Surgeon General were: (1) preliminary findings indicate a casual relation between viewing violence on television and aggressive behavior, (2) this relation operates on only some children “who are predisposed to be aggressive,” and (3) this relation only operates in some contexts. It was suggested that television violence was a public health problem that needed immediate attention."

The above is from this rather lengthy paper linked below, compiled during the heyday of television. I stipulate the amount and degree of violence people young and old are exposed to via the media and other sources are much greater now, although that is just my subjective observation, having originally been a fan of The Howdy Doody Show. And one only needs to compare the old-timey pinball games with the stuff that has taken it's place to recognize the sea change which has occurred in the gamming industry.

Because of it's length I have not read the report in it's entirety yet, but after a quick skim of the doc wanted to give a heads up to interested parties.

http://openvault.wgbh.org/exhibits/tele ... ce/article