Equal Violence, Unequal Risk
Dramas averagely include 5 traumatic incidents per viewing hour. By the time the TV viewer graduates from high school, he or she has observed 13,000 violent deaths.
Gerbner found some inequality among the victims.
Old people and children are harmed at a much greater rate than young or middle-aged adults.
African American and Hispanics are killed or beaten more than their caucasian counterparts.
It’s dangerous to be ‘other than white’.
It’s dangerous to be female.
Blue-collar workers ‘get it in the neck’ more often than do white collar executives