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Discuss studies into the influence of the media on antisocial behaviour including an evaluation of the research methods used. There are many studies and examples to indicate that the amount of violence children witness on television or see through other forms of media are reflected in their own levels of aggression and violence. Studies into this include Bandura's Bobo Doll study, Parke's and Leynes' studies into teenage aggression, Black and Bevan's study into violence and the cinema and the St. Helena study. These studies had varying results but on the whole they support the theory that prolonged viewing of violence in the media equates to increased violence and aggression in real life. Bandura conducted a laboratory experiment to see whether aggressive acts by adults towards a Bobo doll would be copied by the children watching and whether the way in which the adult was treated after, either rewarded, punished or no feedback,...

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