They didn't compromise. When researchers went back to the same town years later, they found more job disruption and higher rates of criminality. Violence does not only affect children, it also affects adults. Another study of TV violence showed that right after a popular boxing match on TV, the homicide rate rose sharply. The question is why television includes so much violence.
Sociologists find it hard to really observe the effects of violent TV on children firsthand.
They can't put children in an ideal laboratory setting, watching violent programs and observing the effects, because exposing them to violence may, in fact, harm them. All were instances of cartoon characters hurting one another. She was not alone. When the class turned in their assignment sheets, they showed that thanks to television and videos - over one weekend the third graders had witnessed every commandment being broken, most several times. Nierenhausen wasn't surprised.