TV violence may influence children more than most people are aware of. The amount of violence on TV is an important topic in today’s society. One of the reasons it should be so important to all of us is because almost everyone in America today has a television set, and because of it’s availability, children are viewing disturbing images everyday from the comfort of their own homes.
Television is all about ratings. To keep the viewers from changing the channel, networks will try to do anything. Even the news is displaying more bloody details than people need to see. If there isn’t a murder, rape, or shoot-out on the news, people are let down. They may get bored with the broadcast and change the channel. That is the main reason why kids can be exposed to view acts of violence even while watching a comedy. By put
Out of the shows that we see today the violence is always portrayed in a disturbing manner. If you pay attention to these programs, it seems as though half, if not more, of “bad” characters shown, do not get caught or never get seen being punished or doing time for what they had done. On the contrary to the bad characters, “good” characters are also behaving badly, which, in a sense, is portrayed as heroic. This makes the child want to imitate the character he admires the most. He sees that the actions of his favorite characters are being rewarded, which then causes him to act in the same violent manner. The child learns quickly that violence is an acceptable solution to resolving problems. When kids watch their heroes behave violently day after day they may start to view violence as just an everyday occurrence. In turn, this may cause the children
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