Time: Sat Dec 13 18:38:54 1997 To: snetnews@world.std.com From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: RAND & CBS! Cc: Bcc: References: WHAT DID I TELL YOU!!!!! 8-]]]]] /s/ Paul Mitchell, Candidate for Congress http://supremelaw.com At 06:20 PM 12/13/97 -0800, you wrote: >DOCNO: P-5248 > >TITLE: Milgram's Scotch Verdict on TV--A Retrial. > >AUTH: G.A. Comstock > >PAGES: 13, DATE: 1974 COST: $ 4.00 > >KEYS: Behavior; Television > >ABST: An evaluation, by the former science adviser and senior research >coordinator to the Surgeon >General's Scientific Advisory Committee on Television and Social >Behavior, of a series of >experiments directed by Stanley Milgram, reported in S. Milgram and R. L. >Shotland, [Television >and Antisocial Behavior: Field Experiments]. Exposure to portrayals of >antisocial behavior on >television was manipulated, and subsequent imitative behavior measured, >with both viewing and >behavioral measurement occurring in nonlaboratory "everyday" >circumstances. The data are >interpreted as supporting a "Scottish verdict" in regard to the influence >of television on antisocial >behavior: case "not proven." Sponsored by CBS, the research cost about >$500,000, and is >probably the unique instance of a network altering programming on behalf >of science. Unfortunately, >the experiments are poorly conceived, flawed, and largely irrelevant to >the large body of prior >research on television's effects--a very modest contribution primarily >illustrating the difficulty of >conducting meaningful and compelling field experiments on mass media >effects. 13 pp. Ref. > > > Add This Item to Order List | View/Change Order List | >Place Order > > >********************************************** >To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: > majordomo@majordomo.pobox.com >with the message: > subscribe ignition-point email@address >or > unsubscribe ignition-point email@address >********************************************** >http://www.telepath.com/believer >********************************************** > >
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