MEASURING VIOLENCE ON TELEVISION - THE GERBNER INDEX

• NCJ Number: 7729
• Author(s): B M OWEN
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: US Executive Office of the President
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

CRITIQUE OF THE INDEX CONSTRUCTED BY DR. GEORGE GERBNER FOR THE PURPOSE OF MEASURING VIOLENCE ON TELEVISION.

Abstract

THE PAPER CONCLUDES THAT THE GERBNER INDEX IS INADEQUATE BECAUSE IT DOES NOT MEASURE VIOLENCE IN A BEHAVIORALLY MEANINGFUL WAY. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)