ABSTRACT
In the late 1980s, Tipper Gore, wife of Senator A1 Gore, led a crusade against sexually explicit and violent music lyrics and music videos (Gore, 1990) which she believed were harmful to American youth. In the mid-1990s, Vice President A1 Gore led another crusade, this one in favor of requiring television set manufacturers to install so-called V chips (“V” for Violence) in all new television sets (Baker, 1997). According to Mr. Gore, the effects of TV violence on the aggression levels of American youth were so great that these devices, which would allow parents to block out violent television shows, were necessary in order to protect children from the harmful effects of such programs.
