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Antisocial Behaviour & The Mass Media: Is there a link? In recent years antisocial behaviour has increased ,with the average American child seeing 32,000 murders,400,000 attempted murders and 250,000 acts of violence on television before the age of eighteen (Ahmed 1998) it's perhaps not unreasonable for one to question if there is a link. Virtually since the dawn of television parents, teachers and mental health professionals have been concerned about the content of television programmes and it's impact on the viewer, particularly children. Of particular concern has been the portrayal of violence and antisocial behaviour especially given psychologist Albert Bandura's work on social learning and the tendency for children to imitate what they see. It is not just television that has given cause for concern but all forms of the media such as computer/video games ,music and magazines/comics. It is almost impossible to prove that there is a definite link...

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