Violence Today

No. 6: Violence on television

Andree Wright and Kate Aisbett
ISBN 0 642 14831 7 ; ISSN 1032-7894
October 1989

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Abstract

The National Committee on Violence and the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal have collaborated to produce this paper on the relationship between television programming and violence. An incident where video violence is alleged to have motivated a Brisbane killer, and the resultant television news coverage of his actions, serves to highlight some of the major issues. The authors discuss the Television Program Standards, the ABT's Inquiry into Television Violence, research into community attitudes to violence on television, and measures that need to be taken to address community concerns.