Only the mentally inadequate would assume the violence was real or try to copy the behavior. Theories A number of theories have been developed concerning media effects. The hypodermic needle model assumes that the media is indeed powerful and directly contributes to people's perceptions of reality and behavior. It's like they're being injected with a drug. This model is based on a premise of atomized individuals who turn to the media for answers.
Media violence creates additional violence.
Crime comics were blamed for increasing violence among adolescents who it was believed read of the lurid violence and other criminal behavior in comics and then acted it out themselves. The limited effects model was first put forward by Klapper. Based on the socialization model, Klapper argued that media portrayals are considered by individuals in light of what they already know from other sources. In fact, people judge the accuracy of media portrayals based upon past experience. A number of examples come to mind.