Television and Behavior-Ten Years of Scientific Progress and Implications

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'AilTHOR
Pearl, David, Ed; And Others
TITLE
Television and Behavior. Ten Years of Scientific
Progress and Implicationn,for the Eighties. Volume
II: Technical Reviews.
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INSTITUTION
National Inst. *of Mental Health (DHHS), Rockville,
Md.
PUB DATE 82
NOTE
368p.; For related document, see ED 222 186.
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,DESCRIPTORS
Affective Behavior; Aggression; Cdgnitive Processes;
Farily Life; Literature Reviews; *Public Health;
Social Aititudes;-*Social Behavior; *Socialization;
*Television Research; *Television Viewing:
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Violence
IDENTIFIERS
Surgeon Generals Report on Television Violence
ABSTRACT
This yolume and its companion offer an update and'
elaboration' of informationapresented in the 1972 Report of the
Surgeon General's Advisory Committee on Television and Behavior.
This
volume largely incprporates edited versions of commissioned's
integrative reviews of the scientific literature of the past decade
which were used in the formulation of the update, together with
_introductozy comments for each topic area. The 24 papers presented
address such 4ssues as cognitive and affective aipects of
television
viewing; violence and aggression; social beliefs and social behavior;
-televisi'on in social relagtions; television and health; and-television
in American society. Althoughm*ch of ,the research.has been conducted
,wiih
and,adolescent subjects,'the new report is not
liM,ited to
influences of the medium'on this age group. Within this broadened
context, the orientation of the report islt-to elucidate
resedith
findings dnd their implications tor 'public health and future.
research. Individual papers include data-tables and xqference lists.
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Volume II
Technical Reviews
Edited by'
13ivid Pearl, Lorraine buthiiet7and Joyce Lazar.
li,S, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND'HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration
National Institute of Mental Health.
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