The preschoolers who watched Woody Woodpecker were more likely to be aggressive towards their classmates, both physically and verbally and were disruptive in the classroom (Cannon 424). ... Just as violence can teach children aggression, it can also bestow important lessons about the damage violence does to individuals, families and society. ...
Zuckerman states that: children who watch more violence have more aggression (41). ... According to an article in Consumers Research Magazine, television promotes an increase towards violent and shows lack of concern when violence is seen (38). ...
I am an international student at this University; I am from the Middle-East a little bit more conservative part of the world were the government as well as parents still take a very active as well as a conservative approach towards bringing up their children. ... Shows like Power Rangers, Beast Wars that are oriented towards kids, and even The World Wrestling Federation (WWF) which part of the show airs on times when most elementary school kids are awake. ... In the early seventies researchers from the University of British Columbia did some experiments to determine the level of aggression in...
In many television shows aimed towards children, such as the "Power Rangers", they portray the good characters having to resort to violence in able to defeat the bad characters. ... I believe aggression modeled by children from watching television could be curbed when more of the influential adults in children's lives are involved. ...
