by Nance Haxton for PM
Updated Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:51pm AEDT
The research found children learn socially acceptable behaviour from TV and movies, then model that in the playground. (ABC)
Audio: Children learning how to bully from the media (PM)
New research suggests that children's media exposure is a big factor in whether or not they become bullies at school.
Harvard's Centre on Media and Child Health has found that children learn socially acceptable behaviour from television and movies and then model that in the playground.
The researchers found that even the behaviour of politicians and heroes in storylines could be used by children as justification for standover tactics.
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