Violence on TV A Twisted View of the Society
Violence in TV has been a great debit for many years. Many researchers arguing that there’s link between violence on TV and the aggressive behavior of children. American children watch an average of three to fours hours of television daily. Television can be a powerful influence in developing value systems and shaping behavior. Unfortunately, much of today's television programming is violent. We have a problem with violence on TV in this country and we need to develop a solution to prevent this problem from growing. According to Ernest Hollings, “The statistics from the American Psychological Association, which reported in 1992 that by the end of elementary school, the average American child has watched 8,000 murders and 100,000 acts of violence” (Hollings, 619). The numbers speaks for its self; we have a serious problem with the amount of violence exposed to children specially during the prime times. We don't know what TV violence really is or what it should include. Should it include the news? Talk shows? Cartoons? That's one of the major problems, trying to decide what kind of vio
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