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Aggression in television programs in Finland
Anu Mustonen,Lea Pulkkinen +1 more
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In this paper, a detailed coding system was constructed to study the frequency and salience of aggression in TV programs broadcast on Finnish television and the severity of aggression was measured by the brutality index which consisted of ratings concerning the program context, seriousness, justification, and dramatization of aggressive acts.Abstract:
A detailed coding system was constructed to study the frequency and salience of aggression in TV programs broadcast on Finnish television. Salience of aggression was measured by the brutality index which consisted of ratings concerning the 1) program context, 2) seriousness, 3) justification, and 4) dramatization of aggressive acts. When compared to previous studies of TV-violence, the rate of aggression in Finnish TV was moderate with 3.5 aggressive acts per program hour. Only 14% of aggressive acts portrayed brutal aggression, which was mostly seen in fictional films and serials. A clear 9 pm watershed was not seen in Finland, since aggressive acts were distributed quite evenly during the TV time. Aggressiveness of a program was not related to its popularity among viewers.read more
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