tv violence
Television violence is a very difficult problem in today's society. Children are watching more and more TV every year. On one hand, parents and some legislators want TV to be much less violent during the prime-viewing slot. On the other hand, TV programmers are in a tough situation. If they cut a lot of the violence out of the shows, many adults may not be interested in watching them. But if they leave the violence in, they will be setting a bad example for the children. It is basically a lose-lose situation. IN Del Reisman's article, "Additional Guidelines for Violence Are Not Called For" and Ernest F. Hollings', "save the Children", opposite opinions on TV violence are given, but Hollings makes a stronger and more convincing argument than Reisman. In Reisman's article, "Additional Guidelines for Violence Are Not Called For", he believes that there is no need for any more provisions to be put on TV violence. He feels that if all violence is taken out of TV shows the quality of the shows will go down. He says, "The only way to significantly reduce violence...is for networks to simply not order series...such as action adven
Television violence is a difficult subject and it is hard to draw the line between what is enough and what is too much violence. There is no way to make both sides happy. Hollings does a better job of explaining why something should be done to reduce violence on TV than Reisman does in saying that nothing should be done. Hollings wants to lower violence to protect the children while Reisman believes that TV does not have much impact on what children do. That is why Hollings' argument is stronger and violence should be lowered on television. Reisman and Hollings have much different viewpoints on the subject of television violence. They both have their strengths and weaknesses. Reisman believes that violence is a part of society already and that TV violence just mirrors real life. He believes that without violence on TV, shows would be boring and would not have much variety. His major weakness is that he does not take into account how TV violence affects children. That is one of the biggest parts of the problems surrounding TV violence and he does not talk about it. Hollings has a better argument overall and really focuses
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