Violence on television is harmful and damaging to children’s minds. Most children watch 21-23 of television per week, and 3 to 5 violent acts per hour (“Media Violence (RE9526)” 1). The age in which television violence starts to affect children is when they are 3 years old (Smith 2). Just as soon as they reach their mid-teens they will have seen over thousands of violent incidents and deaths in cartoons and with real people (Gonzalez 1). The most harmful violence on television was seen in cartoons (Shifrin 2). Reading practice by children is being replaced by television watching. The visual effects on television cause the child to not comprehend with in-depth reading (Healy 1-2).
Violence on television affects children who watch it. Children will tend to be not sympathetic to people, scared of the world around them, and will be more aggressive compared to children who don’t watch violence on television (“Educational Television” 2). The APA (American Psychological Association) informed broadcasters and the public of the dangers for children of television violence. Studies show that kids that watched many hours of TV violence as a child will show more aggression when they are teenage
who watched violent cartoons then ones that watched non-violent cartoons (“Violence on Television” 3)
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rs. Along with getting arrested and prosecuted for criminal acts when they become adults (“Violence on Television” 2). Children mock what they view on television and carry behaviors to their adulthood (Bridges 1). “…Entertainment television is too violent…that this is harmful to society…that we as a society have become desensitized to violence” (Smith 1).
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