Television violence can negatively affect the minds of its viewers, especially children. Those who are exposed to it may often exhibit bad behavioral traits picked up off of television shows. A psychology professor at the University of Michigan, Dr. Leonard Eron, said, “My own feeling was that children are very impressionable and that this is the way they learn- by watching others” (Kolata). Therefore, by watching violence on television, they copy this behavior and become more violent and aggress

Children are the most impressionable out of all people. They learn from what they see and hear around them. This is why violence on television is especially harmful to their developing minds. Dr. Leonard Eron, a pioneer in the study of televisions effects on behavior, stated that adolescents and young adults are also affected by watching television violence (Kolata). According to a news report, teens and young adults were at greater risk of committing violent crimes and participating in other types of aggressive behavior now and later in life if they watched more than one hour of TV a day (Kolata). This is no t a good sign because most teens and children, for that fact, watch more than one hour of television on an average day. From the ages five to fourteen, the average child in the United States would witness on TV, 13,000 people dying due to violence (Gunn). Is this really what society wants their children growing up watching and imitating? Both children and teens are still learning what to do and how to act. They need to be surrounded with educational material and good moral values to ensure that they grow up healthy, happy people. Television violence should not play a role in the growing minds of the young.

ive in real life. Another risk of watching television violence is an increased chance of becoming desensitized to it (Rohan). If someone is desensitized to violence, they see nothing wrong with causing it themselves. This is the last thing our society needs. If television violence is not helping to bring about real life violence it is installing fear in the minds of the other viewers (Rohan). Seeing robberies, murders, and other violent crimes on TV causes some people, adults and children, to fear that these crimes will happen to them. They may be scared to go places alone, at night, or even to leave their homes. Whether it causes real life violence or fear, television violence has great negative effects on its viewers.

Violence and aggression are harmful social behaviors that are followed by many negative consequences. On television, however, this is not always true. According to a study at the University of Central Los Angeles, in 73% of all violent scenes on television the perpetrators go without consequences and without punishment (Rohan). This may not seem like a problem, but TV is a big influence on people’s social behaviors. When viewers see this violence going on without proper punishment, they are more likely to commit violence themselves. They may get the

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