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The advent of television is one of the most significant changes in people’s lives in the 20th century. Television spread so quickly after its introduction in the post-World War II period that the majority of American homes had television sets by the mid-1950s. By the end of the 1960s, a higher percentage of American homes had television sets than refrigerators or indoor plumbing. At the present time, close to half of American homes have two or more televisions.
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Huston-Stein, A. (1978). Televised Aggression and Prosocial Behavior. In: Pick, H.L., Leibowitz, H.W., Singer, J.E., Steinschneider, A., Stevenson, H.W. (eds) Psychology: From Research to Practice. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2487-4_6
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