> >When it comes to "numbing" from screen violence, I can only add that media >violence only works de-sensitizing when it comes to... screen violence. No >research whatsoever has proved an effect of media violence (neither fictitous >nor non- fictitiuos) on the perceptions of real-life violence. Ulf There *is* research that shows that watching violence leads to violent behaviour. See Bandura's experiments with bobo dolls, where the children who were shown violent material on t.v. then behaved violently toward the dolls, while the other children did not. I believe following experiments supported these findings as well. I realize this isn't precisely what you were talking about, but it is related enough to cause concern, yes? -- Jennifer ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]