Violent Entertainment and Cooperative Behavior: Examining Media Violence Effects on Cooperation in a Primarily Hispanic Sample

摘要: The impact of violent entertainment on viewer behavior remains disputed in the academic community. Although most studies focus negative outcomes such as aggression, some also consider whether may reduce positive behaviors cooperation. current article describes 2 TV influences cooperative behavior. first study examined exposure to shows impacted using prisoner’s dilemma task a sample 181 mostly Hispanic young adults. Results indicated that had no short-term Long-term real life did not predict level second how motivational factors influenced relationship between and Overall, these results do support traditional media effects models entertainment, at least regard an experimental setting.