Mediji i nasilje: aktualno stanje u znanosti

I danas istraživanje teme o medijima i nasilju pokazuje mnoge nedostatnosti. Primjerice, mnoge studije još uvijek istražuju iste tematske aspekte istim metodama, uz samo neznatne modifi kacije. Napredak u spoznaji istraživanja također je slab. Te studije sve više razvijaju posebno postavljena pitanja i analiziraju ih pomoću složenih načina istraživanja, čiji su nalazi jedva pogodni za interpretaciju. Osim toga, premalo se postojeća ispitivanja nadograđuju jedno na drugo, tako da je teško i djelomice nemoguće heterogeno stanje istraživanja sklopiti u sveobuhvatnu sliku. Unatoč svemu, može se ustvrditi da je znanje o uvjetima pod kojima nasilje u medijima može imati prije svega utjecaj na djecu i mlade ljude, u međuvremenu znatno napredovalo.Today’s extensive media consumption, especially by children, is presupposed. Children consume media of audiovisual characteristics, such as television programming or computer games—media that oftentimes distinguish themselves with acts of violence. In our daily lives, we see spectacular images of real violence. This every-day reality contributes to the discussion of the connections between media and violence. Oftentimes, media violence seems to be the main, quick “common sense’’ explanation for today’s violent acts. On the basis of existing fi ndings, there is scientifi c agreement that media violence can have negative effects, especially in stabilizing the violent structure of personalities when determined marginal circumstances are present. The thesis of this paper, however, is that existing studies’ correlations showing the connections between violence and the media are very weak