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Movie-Inspired Violence

1983; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 53; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2466/pr0.1983.53.2.435

1558-691X

Wayne J. Wilson, Randy Hunter,

Media Influence and Health

A compilation of 58 incidents of alleged movie-inspired violence from 1970 through 1982 produced findings dominated by male victims, handguns, and one particular movie, The Deer Hunter. The need to structure a causal connection between pretend violence and real violence led the authors to propose a three-step standard of identification, perseveration of beliefs, and execution of those beliefs. This standard is explored in relation to several movies, including the insanity case of John Hinckley ( Taxi Driver) and of a young mother charged with killing her daughter ( The Exorcist).