Question

Over the past four decades, more than 1,000 studies have investigated the relationship between media depictions of violence and increases in aggressive behavior in the real world. One finding is that on average, American youth witness _____ rapes, murders, and assaults on television annually.

Answer 1

1,000

Step-by-step explanation:

The data was obtained after collecting the viewing behaviors that exist in younger audiences. Documentaries, News, and tv shows that they watched contributed to this large number.

News tend to display the cases that garner attention. This is why they tend to highlight the worse part of society (such as rapes, political conflict murders, and assaults) rather than the good events. Tv shows also rely on such bad occurrences in order to create emotional effect to the characters. This is why all of those things also very common in the majority of the shows that consumed by the youth.