> I'd say it's much more precise and testable than any of Freud's
> concepts: exposure to violence in mass media will tend to increase
> aggressive behavior in everyday life. Researchers have clearly
> tested this hypothesis in many ways: experiments, surveys, observational
> studies, case studies, archival research.
Nonsense. Japan has one of the most violent media cultures around, and it remains a remarkably non-violent, cooperative culture. In the US, contemporary TV is chockful of gore, but murder rates have been falling for some time. Folks who play violent videogames are often peaceable types.
-- Dennis