Does Media Violence Lead to Aggression? By Courtney Moore, Emma Nason, Teresa Neuman, Daniel Nudelman, and MaryClaire O’Brien One major question that is commonly asked today is, “Does media violence lead to aggression?” Gun violence is something that is becoming increasingly more common. Every day, 342 people in America are shot in murders, assaults, suicides and suicide attempts, unintentional shootings, and police intervention. Unfortunately, 96 people die from gun violence everyday. It seems like at least once a month we hear of another school shooting or an attempted mass shooting of some sort. We hear of tragedies like this so often that we become immune to them. We watch these tragedies be broadcasted over the news too often. When we watch the news, we hear the argument that violent movies and video games are making children and people more violent. A pioneer of research on this topic was George Gerbner. Gerbner carried out research and created a theory called mean world s...