Effects of Warning and Information Labels on Attraction to Television Violence in Viewers of Different Ages
Bushman, sole author. 900 participants in five age bands, from nine years old to adults, read descriptions of violent and nonviolent television programmes carrying a warning label, an information label or no label, and rated how much they wanted to watch. Warning labels drew people of all ages to the violent programmes. Information labels did not, a null. The measure is stated viewing preference, not viewing.
Bushman, sole author. 900 participants in five age bands, from nine years old to adults, read descriptions of violent and nonviolent television programmes carrying a warning label, an information label or no label, and rated how much they wanted to watch. Warning labels drew people of all ages to the violent programmes. Information labels did not, a null. The measure is stated viewing preference, not viewing.
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Bushman, B. J. (2006). Effects of Warning and Information Labels on Attraction to Television Violence in Viewers of Different Ages. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36(9), 2073-2078. doi:10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00094.x.