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Articles on TV news violence

November 20, 2023

Good profits from bad news: How the Kennedy assassination helped make network TV news wealthy

Michael J. Socolow, University of Maine

The JFK assassination was a landmark event in TV news history.

November 21, 2022

Sisanda Nkoala, Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Study finds that the language used in news reports is often part of the problem, not the solution.

July 18, 2022

Nicole Martins, Indiana University and Erica Scharrer, UMass Amherst

The unending stream of violence on news and entertainment programming can have a negative impact on kids of all ages.

April 28, 2022

Arash Javanbakht, Wayne State University

Images of war, violence, suffering and death can have a traumatic impact on those who view them.

Erica Scharrer
Professor of Communication, UMass Amherst
Arash Javanbakht
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
Nicole Martins
Associate Professor of Communication Science, Indiana University
Sisanda Nkoala
Associate professor, University of the Western Cape
Michael J. Socolow
Professor of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine