TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - VIOLENCE, MORALITY, AND - TELEVISION - COMMERCIALS - PB - Routledge
JO  - Sociological spectrum
A1  - Maguire, Brendan
A1  - Sandage, Diane
A1  - Weatherby, Georgie Ann
SP  - 121
EP  - 121
VL  - 20
IS  - 1
N2  - It is popularly believed that television violence and declining morality are important causes of crime. Nearly all of the research in this area, however, has centered attention on programs, both news and entertainment. Commercials have generally been neglected. The present study sought to remedy this oversight . Findings from a content analysis of 1,699 commercials show that only a very small percentage of commercials contain violence. The findings also indicate that a low number of commercials exhibit behavior or attitudes that run contrary to conventional moral standards. It is theorized that although advertisers sponsor programs that feature violence or morally controversial themes, they do not wish to closely associate such content with the products or services they seek to sell.<p /> 
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SN  - 0273-2173
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/027321700280053
ID  - ref1
ER  -