The participant was then shown the program that
he or she chose to view, but not necessarily the same
violent/nonviolent condition. In otherwords, if a participant
chose to watch The Sopranos, he or she did
watch that show, but was randomly assigned to watch
either the nonviolent or the violent version of the
episode, regardless of whether the chosen program
description contained violence. This design left participants
in one of four categories: chose a violent
episode and watched a violent episode, chose a violent
episode and watched a nonviolent episode, chose
a nonviolent episode and watched a violent episode,
or chose a nonviolent episode and watched a nonviolent
episode. After the program finished the participants
answered questions about their enjoyment of
and emotional reactions to the program, along with
questions about their familiarity with the series and
the episode they watched.