Leonard D. Eron reports in his essay in Current Issues and Enduring Questions that “a recent summary of over two hundred studies, published in 1990, offers convincing evidence that the observation of violence, as seen in standard everyday television entertainment, does affect the aggressive behavior of the viewers” (716).

A television program that is constantly attacked is World Wrestling Entertainment. As the Undertaker approaches the ring, he lifts his opponent by the neck and throws him to the ground leaving the opponent disoriented. Or Mark Henry runs

As stated in an essay by Ernest F. Hollings in Current Issues and Enduring Questions, the government has made attempts to reduce the amount of violence on television with the Children’s Protection Act of 1993 which bans the broadcast or transmission of violent programs during the hours when children make up a substantial share of the audience (718).

There are ways of preventing children form viewing television violence. As mentioned above, through the V-chip technology and the television rating system. The v-chip is a device that can obstruct the transmission of violent programs. It allows parents to prevent their children from viewing a TV program if the rating determines that it has a high level of violent content.

A recent study by the Kaiser Family Foundation reported that only seven percent of American parents claim that they use the V-chip (“V-chip Fiasco” A15). More than eighty percent of the parents in this study are still concerned that their children are still seeing too much sex and violence on television (“V-chip Fiasco” A15). A majority of families don’t even know that they have the V-chip. I have several televisions in my home and I do not know if I have a V-chip or not.

Violence on television whether it is a cartoon or a drama, whether it is humorous or serious, can have a negative effect on viewers of all

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