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The Effects of Media Violence Pre-Reading Read the title and the words under the title. Read the caption next to the illustration in the text.
1.      What problem do you think will be discussed in this text?
האלימות המופיעה בתקשורת, בסרטים וההשפעה על ילדים שמשתמשים בה.
                                                                                                            (6
points) Read the first paragraph.
2.      What are the two positions of experts about the effects of media violence?
1. "that exposure to media violence causes children to behave more aggressively and affects them as adults years later."
2 . media violence and viewers' aggression may be associated, but that one does not necessarily cause the other – both, for instance, may be caused by some third factor.                                                                                                                         (8
points) Read paragraphs 2 – 5.
3. Why don't some researchers include cartoon violence in their studies?
because of its comical and unrealistic presentation.     (6      points)
4 .What three explanations of how media violence causes aggression in viewers are given in the text?
         1. the mechanism is a psychological one, rooted in the ways we learn.           2. the physiological effects of media violence that cause aggressive behavior.
         3. the ways in which media violence primes or cues pre-existing aggressive thoughts and feelings.                            (6 points) Read paragraphs 6 – 9.
5.      What did the findings of the 1956 study (in paragraph 6 )show about the effect of ….