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Alan Wurtzel is vice president of broadcast standards and practices, East Coast, for the American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. Previously, he taught at the University of Georgia and the City University of New York.
Guy Lometti is manager of social research for the American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. Previously, he taught at West Virginia University.
This article is reprinted by permission from the American Broadcasting Companies’ A Research Perspective on Television and Violence.The ABC publication contains bibliographic references for all studies discussed in this article.
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Wurtzel, A., Lometti, G. Researching television violence. Society 21, 22–30 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02696033
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