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Violence in the Media

Before the average American chld leaves elementry school, researchers estemate the have witnessd 8.000 murders on television, is it really a question why America is the world leader in real crime and violence? (Frontline exmines Impact of Television on Scocioty in “Does TV kill)

“A growing body of research suports theorys that explain how exposure to medi violence would activate aggressive

attitudes ins ome chldren. Humans begin imitating

other individuals at a very early age” (Violnce in the media and its effects on youth violence.)Childerens role models are from TV, what child doesent want to be a Ninja Turtle or spider man for halloween? My brother always loved Looney Toons and watched it every day whe he was a child, every day he watched the Wildly Cioty get blown up or bugs buny trick elmur fud into a death trap. “watching a lot of violence via the media may mean children & adults may demonstrate more aggressive behaviour themselves, or they may have more approving attitudes towards the use of violence to resolve conflicts”(http://www.mediaknowall.com/violence/effectsnotes.html)Children spend more time with the TV then with friends or with family.There are so many different kinds of violent shows on television these days, it seems as if violence apeals to every kind of veiwer. Violence is glorifide in cartoons lke SpiderMan or Xman, or in the WWF, even reality TV shows glorify violence. It seem the more explosions and shootings are in a TV show, the more kids fallow it. Think of what clips they put in preveiws to get you to watch, big explosion after big exposion.Violence sells.

Humans become Immune to things they are consantly exposed to. If you were constanlt exposed to voilence you are going to become “numb” to it. “ Desensitiation-exposure to media violence may mean children in particular become less sensitive to violence occurring

around them, and less sensitive to the pain and suffering that violence causes to others. They also have less sensitive views on "acceptable" levels of violence in society - ie they are prepared to tolerate more” (http://www.mediaknowall.com/violence/effectsnotes.html)

Chidren see so much violence on TV they may block it out in the real world, accept it, or think vioolence is ok.

It had been proven by a scientist called Leonard Eron that their is a positve corritlation between children who watch more violent shows at home, and how much they get in trouble at school.(Frontline exmines Impact of Television on Scocioty in “Does TV kill) Research showed that familys who veiw TV frequently, and let their kids watch what they want, have more problems with their childs behavior in school. Chldrens wos parents moniter their veiwing have shown to have segnificannot

ly less problems. Also children with problems at shcool who have had their TV privlages revoced have shown a qucker behvior change. With so much proof that their is a lin betwwen the media and violcen in children, its hard to believe

parents let chldrenw atch so much TV.

“A growing body of research suports theorys that explain how exposure to medi violence