In fact, some of Eron's research supports the notion that adult supervision is the most effective antidote to the effects of TV violence on the responses children learn. The setting itself is significant, Eron believes. The conditioning is quite powerful, I think. It makes violence more routine and like everyday activity. Eron is not one of those who would blame television for most, if not all, of the ills of society and its children.
Violence is a multi-determined behavior.
It's caused by genetic, biological, physiological, macroeconomic and macrosocial factors, all of which can account for some part of the variance. And, in what may be an ironic consequence of the women's movement, little girls are now equally afflicted by TV violence. There was no effect on girls. However, when we did another longitudinal study in 1977 in Oak Park, Illinois, we found indeed there was an effect for girls. You have to remember that in 1960, any indication of assertiveness or aggressiveness was discouraged in girls.