“There is much public interest in the debate about the effects of violence in the media in the behaviour of young children; but why don’t people focus more on the potentially pro-social influences”Discuss the above quotation in relation to pro and a

The effects of media violence on reality have been studied for years. The common thing in this they are controlled in some way and this doesn’t exactly mirror real life where anyone can see just about anything.
Aggressive media gets a lot of interest from the public. An explanation of media being an influence on children comes from the social learning theory, Bandura suggests that observational learning takes place as children see behaviours that are reinforced on television; children admire particular characters and in turn, imitate certain behaviours. This theory can be explained for pro and anti-social behaviours.
Firstly, there have been many laboratory experiments; a main psychologist within this area of research is Bandura. He showed children a series of films with adults behaving aggressively towards a bobo doll. The children were then walked to a room, which contained a bobo doll and a hammer. Bandura found that the children who had seen the violent behaviour imit...