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Another site I visited was an article by Michelle Chihara about Michael Moore’s views on media violence, which he expresses in his controversial film “Bowling for Columbine.” In his film, Moore states that we can’t point the finger at the media because other societies endure a more brutal culture without having America’s problems with violence. He also hints that America’s propensity for solving problems abroad with violence has some connection to the nation’s violent domestic tendencies. Moore says that, “The fabric of violence in our culture is made up of lots of little threads, and I want to look at all of them, not just the ones that the evening news wants you to look at.” While Moore’s views may be considered radical, many professionals agree that violence in the media is not the primary cause of violence in children, as is the case with my next source.

internet, in order to gather differing opinions on my topic. I used the words “media violence” to start my search. I clicked on the first link that came up, which took me to a professional psychiatry site. Here, I found that American children watch an average of three to four hours of television daily. This fact is shocking because is it made me realize how powerful an influence television can be. This site argued that excessive exposure to media violence is shown to cause children to become more aggressive and to become more “immune” to the horror of violence. The author of this article suggests that parents, who are concerned about the effects of excessive exposure to violence in the media on their children, should regulate what their children are watching on TV and also explain to them that TV is not reality. This website has a major advantage due to the fact that it is coming from a “professional” site. However, one disa

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