Is the video really art with a message or just graphic, small screen violence?

Those who want to curb screen violence have been saying that for decades.

Just what kind of screen violence is appropriate has been widely debated.

My own view is that the effect of screen violence in real life isn't an open-and-shut case.

Decades of research have established a link between screen violence and real world aggression.

Aside from being no fan of celebrity culture, she hates screen violence.

I consider that programme to be by far the best report on the effects of screen violence to be shown in recent years.

But then, too, the scale and impact of screen violence is far different from its real-world counterpart.

We then saw "that stuff" uncensored and really it did look the worst screen violence against women I've ever seen.

Although it's not often discussed, some people are more sensitive to screen violence than others, both for reasons of physiology and life experience.

He makes a connection between the high levels of contemporary screen violence and the relatively low penalties for real-life crime.

But we all know from personal experience that different sorts of screen violence have drastically varying emotional effects.

Are there major gender-based differences in attitudes towards the regulation and control of screen violence?

Still considered a pioneering film for its brutal presentation of screen violence, and a controversial rape scene.

On release in the States last month, 42 seconds of screen violence had been trimmed from the movie, adding to its critical notoriety.

Even if, as is open to question, screen violence really does invite emulation, that is the wrong approach.

Certainly, screen violence is a complex issue.

The subject of screen violence always comes up when Mr. Tarantino's name is mentioned.

The benefits of playing video games may offset the negative impact of exposure to screen violence, according to Australian-led research.

Early research into media audiences was dominated by the debate about "media effects", in particular the link between screen violence and real-life aggression.

According to Garbarino, girls appeared immune to contagion by screen violence in the 1960s, but this had changed by the 1980s.

Perhaps surprisingly, it was a western, Shane, that first influenced his body-based approach to screen violence and film-making in general, he says.

Wed 7th A report on screen violence and young offenders published shows that violent films could be contributing to their violent behaviour.

And the man who embodied tough-guy vigilantism in his Dirty Harry days now takes a more critical view of screen violence, too.

Evidence indicates that on screen violence can teach children aggression, desensitise them to violence, and make them afraid.