Show d Violence Theatre Built to Measure Effects of TV and Motion Pictures r The The seating capacity is one but this movie house is probably probably probably pro pro- bably the most unique motion picture theatre in the world THE FEATURE films are loaded with all kinds of ot violence violence vio vio- lence a smattering of sex some slapstick and even a afew afew afew few cartoons cartoons all all programmed programmed program program- med for tor purely scientific In in- It is an attempt by University Uni Vol- of ot Utah psychologists to determine what effect television television tele tele- vision and motion picture violence violence vio lence has on human beings Dr Victor B B. B Cline professor sor of psychology and several graduate students built the theatre so the emotions of viewers could be recorded on special electronic devices while they watch the action unfold on the screen AS SURGEON General Wllliam Wll- Wll liam Jiam Stewart told a a US U.S. Senate Senate Sen Sen- ate sub-committee sub earlier this month far too little lIttie is known about the subject of violence on television and how it Is affecting children and adults and their behavior Dr Clines Cline's project financed by the University with some funds funds' from the National Science Foundation seeks to provide the detailed clinical information now now lacking Inthis in inthis inthis this Important field The feature films are taken taken tak tak- en from Dr Clines Cline's library of violence which has been collected from televisions television's everyday fare Included are ideo video tapes of commercial TV programs as well as commercial commercial commer commer- cial dial motion pictures STUDIES HAVE shown that the average child watches some hours of television by the time he reaches the age of ot 18 says Dr Cline Children probably learn more about life from TV than they do in four years of college There Is mounting evidence he adds that some of the murders murders murders mur mur- ders and other brutal crimes which afflict our culture may maybe maybe maybe be traced to Individuals influenced influenced by the mass media Including including including in In- television and motion pictures According to recent studies an act of violence Is depicted on television every 14 14 minutes and a brutal murder every 45 minutes Many psychologists psychologists believe this has contributed to Americas America's violent violent vio vio- lent crime rate which far surpasses surpasses sur sur- passes other countries in the world and has been climbing eight times the rate of population population pop growth Children tend to Imitate adults says Dr Cline The violence they see on television television ion becomes a model for their own lives lives MANY PARENTS want to censor the television shows their children watch but far too often TV sets are used In Indiscriminately Indiscriminately indiscriminately In- In as Inexpensive baby sitters to keep youngsters youngsters young young- occupied and quiet And some of those seemingly seeming seeming- ly Iy innocent Saturday morning cartoons which the kids watch while their parents sleep late are among the worst offenders for violence Clinical evidence evidence evidence evid evid- ence has shown that cartoons are similar to live action In their effect on children says Dr Cline Dr Clines Cline's theatre is a small room completely lined with aluminum screening to filter out any outside electronic electron electron- ic Interference The subjects sits in a comfortable ble chair and sensors sensors sensors' are taped to his skin just below the rib cage Wires are plugged into tiny transistorized transmitters about the size of a book of matches which transmit signals signals sig sig- nals picked d up by antennas Inside the room THE ANTENNAS ANTENNAS' are connected connected connected con con- by wires to a multi multi- channel which records records records re re- cords heart rate peripheral pause pressure blo blood d pressure respiration and perspiration Certain events from the films are m marked on the recorder showing the viewers viewer's response When child subjects are used |