01-Jun-2021 | Market Research Store
A new study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania Annenberg Public Policy Center concluded that the proportion of gun violence or other forms of relative content stands in parallel to trends in actual gun homicides. Firearm injuries or death are a major concern for the citizens of many countries across the globe, however, no country has been more plagued by the violence than the United States. Previous hypothesis regarding the subject suggested that depiction of gun violence in popular soap operas was related to the increase of the real life counterpart. However, proportionally low crime rates were observed over the next decade according to new studies which proved the hypothesis to be null and void.
The latest study suggests that the proportion of television depicted gun violence has a relatively low effect on the minds of people who commit the crime. Instead, the researchers focused on trends in proportion of violence of other form rather than gun-based crimes. To achieve this, the researchers compared 33 popular TV dramas from a period of 2008 to 2018 which were proportionally violent. Over the same period of time, they observed homicides rates and focused their attention mainly on gun-based crimes.
The analysis concluded that a greater trend of violence was depicted over killing on the drama series, in both terms – Proportionality in violence and the absolute brutality. The following trend was observed in teenagers aged between 15 to 24 Years with the strongest inclination of real-life violence recorded in this age group. However, the researchers further conclude that this kind of statistical study cannot prove any solid correlation between television-based violence and real-life violence. However, the previous hypothesis holds strong. The researchers concluded that the findings appear in common with previous studies however encouraged further studies to find the root cause for the same.