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H.Res. 159 (96th)

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the effect on our society of the level of violence depicted on television requires more consideration and study.

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14 March 1979

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Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

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Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) those persons responsible for television programming and broadcasting should consider the relationship between the level of violence depicted on television and a distorted view of social reality held by heavy viewers of television; and (2) further investigation of the correlation between the level of violence depicted on television and aggressive, including violent, behavior in children and adults should be pursued.

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