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y members, school peers, and society as a whole (Huesman and Eron, 1986).

Commenting primarily on the research design of Bollen and Phillips and others, Baron and Reiss (1985) argue that the conclusions reached indicating that the portrayals of violence in the media cause imitative suicidal attempts may be premature.

They present evidence that shows the violent responses of the data set after viewing violent media portrayals may be more statistical artifacts than cogent causal effects. Further, the

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