Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ193892
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Publication Date: 1978
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The Effects of Televised Consequences of Aggression upon Physiological Arousal (Heart Rate).
Wotring, C. Edward; Porter, D. Thomas
Communication Quarterly, v26 n2 p57-63 Spr 1978
Describes a study using heart rate as an index of autonomic arousal to measure the effects on television viewers of depicting the consequences of violence, violence with no consequence, and nonviolence. Supports the conclusion that specific content manipulations of aggressive stimuli affect levels of arousal. (JMF)
Descriptors: Aggression, Heart Rate, Physiology, Programing (Broadcast), Television, Television Viewing, Violence, Visual Stimuli
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Language: English
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