... in the real world. But other psychologists began to doubt this notion when their research with children revealed that children perceive much action on the TV screen as real. L. Rowell Huesmann and Leonard Eron (1986), who studied the effects of media violence on 875 youngsters in grades 1 through ... violent television programs, many of which were imported from the United States. The study revealed that those who watched above average hours of TV violence before adolescence committed a 49 percent higher rate of serious acts of violence than did boys who had viewed below average quantitie...

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... they get angry, sad, or depressed. Violence is not something that only exists in the imaginations of Hollywood's directors and what shows up on a TV screen. Which came first, television or violence? The answer is violence. Television and violence do not have to go hand in hand; however, when ... and awhile. How do we reduce the violence while still keeping violent shows pretty much unavailable to children? It's possible. I feel that violence on TV should be reduced and played mostly at night. That way, the majority of people watching will be adults who know what to expect from the show...

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... , and used in the whole country the television reaches 1. 400 million, every three people has it nearly two lifts on average, the family with color TV set, Accounting for more than 80% of the total amounts, the TV has already popularized the whole country. By 1990, the television that the whole U.S.A. family has rises to 1 especially. 600 million, average the time of ... that the television broadcasts. Current events comedy, take risks, and stage drama scene finish performing live and become well received by audience TV program intelligence test program the TV series of content night. Wh...

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... like never before. Some shows are live some may be taped but they all seem to use the same type of content. This type of TV is called Reality TV, however is it real, is it fake, or is it just plain gross. It could be anything that makes these shows popular but ... something disgusting as a fear. Put more physical activity into the show the eating thing is getting a little boring. Fear Factor is just on example of reality TV there is also survivor. Sixteen people are sent away to a place they have never been before and stuck there for thirty-nine days. That is a long ... shows. There are...

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... more aggressive, and it seems like the misleading lessons will never end, there may still be light at the end of the tunnel. In "How TV Violence Hits Kids," Jeffrey Mortimer states, " Eron and his research colleague, Rowell Huesmann, as leading researchers on the effects of media violence on the young ... Speech," Floyd Abrams tells of one proposal developed Senators Byron L. Dorgan and Conrad Burns where Congress would bar the showing of any act of violence on TV in the evening before, say 11 P.M. Abrams continues to say, "that no program or film with any violence, whatever its artistic...

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... different products and it makes easier to choose things to buy. Moreover, it is one of relxing forms. TV shows entertain people when they are tired or lazy to go out. Most of the youth like TV channels like MTV or VIVA because of great variety of music clips and others entertaining shows. And finally, ... a lot of documentary films, which show us the life of wild animals, old civilizations and art creation. But TV has a lot of disadvantages too. The first one is that there are a lot of violence and debauchery in TV films, even in cartoons. And violence has a bad effect on children and te...

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... year. This is due to the growing amount of Reality TV shows produced for our TV screens. What is it about Reality TV? Reality TV shows are just a different type of show that entertains with a reality based theme(s), which the show revolves arouns and can be controlled. The show can ... be as real as the people who "control" it choose to portray it to the audience. Reeality TV shows do not give a real perception of society as a whole. Reality TV shows first must choose a 'cast' for the show. This is done by auditions where only a select few are chosen out of ... but do not represent a r...

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... a source of entertainment for most people. This invention features a wide selection of channels to enjoy. Almost every family in the world has television monitors in their household. Families love watching TV, but an extensive usage of television can give a significant negative impact to their lifestyle. Technology is evolving in the world, and so are TVs. Unlike television when it was first ... spends the rest of the night watching the Super Bowl. It seems like the only source of entertainment is television. The media has persuaded families to live up for their TV. A weekend is spent o...

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... daily (Cantor & Wilson, 1984, p. 28). Television can be a powerful influence in developing value systems and shaping behavior. Unfortunately, much of today's television programming is violent. Studies of the effects of TV violence on children and teenagers have found that children may become insensitive to violence. Consequently, they tend to gradually accept violence as a way to solve problems by imitating the violence ... high school (Chen, 1994, p.23). In comparison, they spend a mere 13,000 hours in school, from kindergarten through twelfth grade (Chen, 1994). It appears children spe...

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... in the world. A piece of breathtaking news often immerses us in going around to talk and discuss with friends and family. The diversity of TV programs offers a chance for our society to understand one another as a people. It is television that helps us as well as our kids know ... different cultures, people and our surrounding communities. Particularly, when we know from TV that one of our neighbors is suffering from a fire damage, our first response is to donate money or necessaries in order to help them tide ... over the difficulty. Isn't it a good example of communication among frien...

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... of fame but this is ridiculous. I get the "All the world is a stage and all the men and women merely players" routine. (1) These new reality TV shows feature everything from disasters in meeting your girlfriend's parents to competing to be the last person on an island to choosing between love and money. All of these ... shows offer a twist of some kind. I can hardly bring myself to turn on the TV anymore. The TV show for love or money is about a guy who is given a bunch of beautiful girl to choose from. He narrows the pick down to one lucky ... you that money is better than love? I don'...

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... fire. In Mike Judge's movie, he repeats the word "fire" idiotically around a campfire, when he was having hallucinations, fire was a primary visual, and when Butt-Head was "channel surfing" through TV shows. Beavis commented that there should "be more shows about fire" ("Beavis and Butt-Head"). Not to mention their obsession of hurting animals, like in "frog baseball". The shows characters ... and incidents, just two television shows have greatly impacted today's television viewers for the worse. Many have either become seriously injured or in other cases killed as a consequence of thes...

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... in the world. A piece of breathtaking news often immerses us in going around to talk and discuss with friends and family. The diversity of TV programs offers a chance for our society to understand one another as a people. It is television that helps us as well as our kids know ... different cultures, people and our surrounding communities. Particularly, when we know from TV that one of our neighbors is suffering from a fire damage, our first response is to donate money or necessaries in order to help them tide ... over the difficulty. Isn't it a good example of communication among frien...

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... of America have always enjoyed the laughter brought by misbehavior, yet it was not until the 1950's that the entertainment business took notice. Not every TV family of the fifties was portraying a well-mannered child. Dennis The Menace [1959-1963] showed the dangers of what having a child without siblings ... could yield. A single boy child can wreck more havoc on a community than a tornado. But Dennis was only a character in TV that many children could relate to and admired. Most kids looked up to him to fulfill all the little repressed hostilities they had toward adults. Although ......

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... they have to control their ego when they are with friends. In the case of children's morality and commonsense, now, violent scenes on television influences children's morality. Too much TV violence on children causes the problem, which "Children may become less sensitive to the pain and suffering of others. Viewing violence encourages children to see other people as "enemies" ... and obesity among children. Retrieved March 20, 2002 from National Institute on Media and the Family: http://www.mediaandthefamily.org/research/fact/tvandobchild.shtml Moody, K. The Problems with Kind's TV. Retr...

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... on Fear Factor. Even if you had to lie in a tank of leaches wouldn't you do it for 50 grand I know I would. But Fear Factor is not the only reality TV show it just probably goes the most extreme. There are other shows like Big Brother. Big Brother is a show where people try to win 500 000 dollars or half a million ... . 13 strangers meet in a house where they compete for 3 months. This may sounds pretty simple but they have to go 3 months without TV or radio or any outside contact and are quite often forced to go on a peanut butter and jelly diet for a whole week (not even pop just water...

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... let the television raise their children. They should take control of their child's life and entertainment. Perhaps the most important way to prevent children from being affected by violence on TV is to stop it where it starts. The parents should step in and explain the difference between reality and fiction because the exposure to violence in childhood will not harm ... you are the person who thinks that violence on media is disturbing, then you can always turn the set off. There are two ways of preventing of viewing violence on TV, the V-chip and the new television ratings system. The ...

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... let the television raise their children. They should take control of their child's life and entertainment. Perhaps the most important way to prevent children from being affected by violence on TV is to stop it where it starts. The parents should step in and explain the difference between reality and fiction because the exposure to violence in childhood will not harm ... you are the person who thinks that violence on media is disturbing, then you can always turn the set off. There are two ways of preventing of viewing violence on TV, the V-chip and the new television ratings system. The ...

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... imitate the violence they see in television Identify with some characters, victims/victimizers That show us that child could real problem, like becoming more aggressive after watching a TV program, and more specifically a violent TV program. Also, kids who watch violent programs are slower to intervene or to call for help when they saw younger children fighting or playing destructively than kids who ... watched nonviolent TV program. Child can be traumatize if they see a too much violent scene that seams real. And now, the question that all parents ask themselves : What can we do They a...

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... violence is where they are most likely to be watching: commercials and children's programming such as "Power Rangers". In studies by George Gerber Ph.D. at the university of Pennsylvania, children's TV shows have been to include 20 violent acts per hour. "Children may be less sensitive to the pain and suffering of others". This is one of the three major findings ... television is a powerful tool and a lot of thought goes into it. Advertising is a great way to display something to a mass number of people. People decide on a variety of things through TV ads. They inspire wants in people. ...

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... a situation, game, life style, etc. This style of programming has had a huge impact in the media and our culture for decades and continues to develop today. According to the Reality TV World's website, there are around 1,000 reality television programs and has grown to the point of having reality television networks such as TruTV. Our society has adapted to reality television ... examinations. It's an easy way to spark a conflict in a show. Most reality shows are not actually real and are made to portray people's lives a specific way. Even though most reality tv shows are unscripted, th...

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... successful in casting its positive influence on the children. The television has almost unlimited values as a medium of mass education. Thus, children can gain a lot of knowledge just by watching TV. The various programs broadcasted by the television can really help in the intellectual development of a child. Television gives a lot of information about things ranging from animal life, cultures, science and ... the television also has a lot of disadvantages, and the major of which is its ill effect on the children. But no body is well aware of the ill effects of TV on the children. The y...

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... them. Preschoolers are unlikely to put the violence in context since they are likely to misunderstand the violent images being portrayed - children cannot comprehend fiction from reality. They don't realize TV programs are people acting out a script and the scenes are not real. They become less sensitive to pain and suffering or others, and children are more likely to behave in ... in developing value systems and shaping behavior. "Studies illustrate how researchers are now using correlation finding to suggest cause and effect" (Myers 2000, pg.229). Studies of the effects of TV violence...

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... is often the person in the show that punishes the "bad guy" (Cantor, 1998, p.98). Although there are many behavioral problems with children who watch excessive amounts of violence on TV, programs can also have a positive effect on children of all ages. For example, children who watched the television program called Sesame Street gained in cultural pride, self-confidence, and interpersonal ... ...

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... Bowl is a great example, most people tune into this big event just to watch the commercials. I mean come on doesn't that tell you something. So for the amount that I watch tv and the amount that I pay to have cable, I think they should make their commercials more interesting for the viewers. ...

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