In the wake of the Newtown, Conn. massacre, the national conversation has included no lack of conjecture that the media we consume is to blame for the violence.�Most famously, NRA second-in-command Wayne Lapierre's Dec. 21 speech in Washington, D.C. featured a lengthy segment in which he pointed the finger at video games and movies and singled out a number of decades-old films as particularly culpable. Lapierre was roundly mocked for his tone-deaf diatribe, but he was hardly unique. Numerous public figures on the right and left have gone out of their way to make certain we spend more time talking about Quentin Tarantino and Natural Born Killers than about access to assault weapons.
Is all this talk of violent media having an effect on the public at large? �A poll conducted by The Hollywood Reporter suggests that it is., but only barely. The survey, conducted with pollster Penn Shoen Berland, asked ?consumers of movies and television? how their opinions regarding violent media had been affected by the Sandy Hook shootings. The findings are inconsistent, but they reveal interesting information about the mind of film and TV fans. Among them:
* 60 percent of respondents still believe mental illness is the primary cause of mass killings.
* 44 percent of parents polled said that the shootings made them ?more aware? of how much violence is in the media their kids enjoy.
* 46 percent of all respondents felt Hollywood should make fewer violent movies. When only parents are considered, the number jumps to 54%.
* Women were more than twice as likely as men to call for fewer violent films.
* Only 6 percent of respondents said they want more violent films to be produced.
* 70 percent of respondents older than…
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