According to the text, Jeffrey Goldstein devoted an entire book to the question of the
appeal of media violence. According to Goldstein, which of the following is TRUE?
a. Violent entertainment is the preferred form of entertainment of most of the
viewing audience, most of the time.
b. Violent entertainment is not preferred by any segment of the media audience.
c. Most viewers appear to prefer comedies and sitcoms to violent entertainment.
d. No one really knows why anyone would prefer to watch violent entertainment.
e. The theory with the best overall level of empirical support in the literature is the
theory of symbolic catharsis.
c.
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