The Body of Research on Media Violence and Aggression

question 58

Multiple Choice

The body of research on media violence and aggression

• A) consistently supports the idea that watching violence or playing violent video games promotes aggression.
• B) continues to find mixed results that do not help us to understand the direction of the effect.
• C) supports this relationship in short-term studies, but in longitudinal research the relationship is not clear.
• D) finds that media violence increases aggressive emotions and thoughts, but does not actually affect behavior.

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Definitions:

Local Differences

Variations or disparities that occur within regions, communities, or populations, often influenced by cultural, environmental, or socioeconomic factors.

Economic Domination

A situation where a particular country, corporation, or individual exerts a significant level of control over economic resources and markets.

Imperialism

Is the economic domination of one country by another.

One Country

A principle often mentioned in discussions about the sovereignty and political structure, especially in contexts where there's a focus on maintaining national unity in areas with complex histories.