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Mass Communication
Subject: Does the intense media coverage of violence contribute to its increase in
our society?
One Saturday morning many years ago, I was watching an episode of the 'Roadrunner' on television. As wile E. Coyote was pushed off of a cliff by the Roadrunner for the fourth or fifth time, I started laughing uncontrollably. I then watched a 'Bugs Bunny' show and started laughing whenever I saw Elmer Fudd shoot Daffy Duck and his bill went twirling around his head. The next day, I pushed my brother off of a cliff and shot my dog to see if its head would twirl aro…
