Real Cost of V Iolence On Screen Death Fails to Shock Teenagers Exposed to Tv and Computer Games, Study Says

The HeraldMay 12, 2006

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ONE image shows a tiny, vulnerable baby moments after it was rescued from the Beslan school siege in which 331 people died. The other shows a dog lying on a carpet, starved to death.

Ask a teenager which is the most shocking of the two and they will tell you it is the dead dog.

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Real Cost of V Iolence On Screen Death Fails to Shock Teenagers Exposed to Tv and Computer Games, Study Says

So desensitised to images of violence are adolescents that they find animal cruelty more distressing than human suffering, according to university researchers.

Images depicting violence against humans are commonplace and delivered to chi...

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