Entry:
Gerbner, George, "Television Violence: The Power and the Peril," in Transforming Powers: Gender, Race, and Class in Mass Media Studies, Gail Dines and Jean M. Humez (eds.). In press. A slightly different version appears as "Television Violence: the Art of Asking the Wrong Question," in World & I: a Chronicle of Our Changing Era.
Abstract:
TV violence is pervasive and it has an impact on how people think and act in their real lives.
GSS Years:1975, 1977, 1980, 1982
Other Data Sets:
Harris 1985; Gallup 1990; Times-Mirror 1993
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| TVHOURS |
HOURS PER DAY WATCHING TV |
| POLVIEWS |
THINK OF SELF AS LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE |
| SEX |
RESPONDENTS SEX |
| AGE |
AGE OF RESPONDENT |
| EDUC |
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED |
| INCOME |
TOTAL FAMILY INCOME |
| PRESTIGE |
RS OCCUPATIONAL PRESTIGE SCORE (1970) |
| PARTYID |
POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION |
| ATTEND |
HOW OFTEN R ATTENDS RELIGIOUS SERVICES |
| UNION |
DOES R OR SPOUSE BELONG TO UNION |
| XNORCSIZ |
EXPANDED N.O.R.C. SIZE CODE |
| RADIOHRS |
HOURS PER DAY LISTENING TO RADIO |
| NEWS |
HOW OFTEN DOES R READ NEWSPAPER |