Week 3 DQ 1 How reliable is anecdotal evidence that movie violence causes violence in real life Anecdotal evidence means that acts found in a movie is further portrayed in life by easily influenced people Hence it proposes that people are motivated to reestablish and copy actions shown in movies On the other hand Rodman 2006 states Anecdotal evidence is disgracefully undependable For each person s life replicating an act from the movies other movies are responsible for that act even if they did not take part on it Rodman 2006 While there are various court cases regarding this matter these can only be a waste of time and money to arbitrate the case These cases are normally brought up by families to the studios who made the movies under litigation Studios usually win the case according to Rodman 2006 Anecdotal evidence is a version of rumor that seldom wins in court In this matter I believe that anecdotal evidence is the effect of coincidence However what are true statistics Will it be known I am a doubtful person and consider that coincidences do occur but I suppose that people are sensitive and their minds can easily be changed therefore differences in behavior Reference Rodman G 2006 Mass media in a changing world History industry controversy Boston McGraw Hill
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