Question

Is aggression a learned behavior? How do television/movies/video games influence this aggression. Does this matter? Is there a connection between violence in the media and violence in society?

Answer 1

• Aggression is inborn and learned both kind of behavior. But in human being aggression is largely found as learned behavior.
• Sometimes human express their aggression to get the rewards also.
• In some culture, expression of aggression is more acceptable.
• People learn the aggression behavior by observation of others' aggressive behavior.  
• Television, movies or video games are more influencing regarding aggressive behavior. They work as a source of modeling of aggression especially in children and adolescents. These sources are aggression provoking.  
• People observe that sometimes showing aggression is cool just because the television shows it as.
• This is important concern that people are media is a big source of learning aggression. Hence there should be less intensity of aggression or violence projected by the media.
• It has been observed that there are strong relationship between violence in the media and violence in society. Studies suggested that modeling can affect the behavior of aggression and media plays major role in modeling so it is possible that exposure of violence through media can affect the society as well.