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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Aggression in television programs in Finland
Lea PulkkinenAnu Mustonensubject
Salience (language)Aggressionmedia_common.quotation_subjectPoison controlContext (language use)Suicide preventionPopularityArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)DramatizationDevelopmental and Educational Psychologymedicinemedicine.symptomPsychologySocial psychologyGeneral PsychologySeriousnessmedia_commondescription
A detailed coding system was constructed to study the frequency and salience of aggression in TV programs broadcast on Finnish television. Salience of aggression was measured by the brutality index which consisted of ratings concerning the 1) program context, 2) seriousness, 3) justification, and 4) dramatization of aggressive acts. When compared to previous studies of TV-violence, the rate of aggression in Finnish TV was moderate with 3.5 aggressive acts per program hour. Only 14% of aggressive acts portrayed brutal aggression, which was mostly seen in fictional films and serials. A clear 9 pm watershed was not seen in Finland, since aggressive acts were distributed quite evenly during the TV time. Aggressiveness of a program was not related to its popularity among viewers.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-01-01 | Aggressive Behavior |