“The tendency to want what has been banned and therefore to presume that it is more worthwhile is not limited to such… — Robert B. Cialdini Copy Share Image
Violence in our society has reached epidemic proportions. ... Violence in the media for entertainment purposes has been established as a major… — Deborah Prothrow-Stith Copy Share Image
It is incumbent on the media industry to discourage the glorification of media violence. It is also incumbent on consumers who love… — Bernice King Copy Share Image
The copycat effects of media violence, similar to those previously attributed to westerns, radio serials and comic books, are easy to exaggerate. — Hugh Mackay Copy Share Image
Violent video games played in public places are a tiny fraction of the media violence to which modern American children are exposed.… — Richard Posner Copy Share Image
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Back in the Clinton White House, I was a middling staffer on the Domestic Policy Council, working on issues ranging from the… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
So, if falling crime rates coincide with the rise of violent video games and increasing violence on TV and at the cinema,… — Hugh Mackay Copy Share Image
By the age of 18, the average child has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence, including 18,000 simulated murders, on television. It is… — Jean Illsley Clarke Copy Share Image
Today the data linking violence in the media to violence in society are superior to those linking cancer and tobacco. — David Grossman Copy Share Image
