In spite of much research and findings, violence on television and how it affects its viewers, especially children, is still under heavy debate. I constructed a very crude experiment of my own, trying to see any difference between children’s cartoon and primetime television. Three hours of cartoons was viewed on Cartoon Network and three hours of primetime television was viewed on networks ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX between the hours of 7:00 and 10:00. While viewing these shows, I noted each time a saw an incidence of hitting, slapping, choking, shooting, stabbing, murder, rape/attempted rape, or any other physical assault. After the viewings, the numbers were calculated and my data show
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