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Relationship between media exposure and desensitisation to violence  

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Relationship between media exposure and desensitisation to violence ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to construct a questionnaire, which will assess the relationship between media exposure and desensitisation to violence. The design employed for this study was a correlational survey using single blind conditions. There were 22 respondents to the questionnaire who were asked to fill in the given questionnaire (see appendix). I used an opportunity sample, which was the students of South Cheshire College. The research was also conducted in the college. The questionnaire tested for two conditions 1. The amount of television watched and 2. The sensitivity to violence rating. The alternate hypothesis was rejected using a speraman's rho statistical test, which showed there was no correlation between the amount of television watched and person sensitivity to violence. My conclusion for this study is that there is no relationship between the amount of television watched by a person and their...

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