... violent television is damaging teens; parents and other responsible adults must keep inappropriate material out of the hands of teens. Many teens see violence on TV, and are influenced by that, what they don't see is the consequences that the person will get in if they commit the violent crimes. ... warm compliments or a gesture. In the same sense, many parents are thinking of ways to make sure their teens won't get too attached to violent TV. There are many solutions to solve these problems. An article written by many researchers claims, parents don't pay attention to violent shows the...

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... violent entertainment indirectly causes real life violence. He states that even with his highly religious and disciplined background he was "jaded" from exposure to violent TV. Portraying himself to have characteristics like that of the Brady Bunch, he thinks that if he can be desensitized, then anyone can be desensitized. With ... child desensitized or a child with no clue? Maybe society is just afraid to face the real issues of why violence is so common. In "TV Causes Violence? Try Again," Ira Glasser has the right idea in this matter. Glasser states that finding scapegoats and divert...

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... weren't getting spoon fed all these awful programs that are on today. 3. I asked 5 parents of children ages 4 to 7 if they thought TV ratings were appropriate for today's TV programs. The results were on my side. Four out of five said, "Yes, TV ratings are very important and all programs should be rated." Just think if you were a parent would you want your child ... Guidelines, are modeled after the familiar movie ratings which be around for the past 30 years. All television programs would be rated according to six categories: TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14, and TV-M. These ratings a a...

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... weren't getting spoon fed all these awful programs that are on today. 3. I asked 5 parents of children ages 4 to 7 if they thought TV ratings were appropriate for today's TV programs. The results were on my side. Four out of five said, "Yes, TV ratings are very important and all programs should be rated." Just think if you were a parent would you want your child ... Guidelines, are modeled after the familiar movie ratings which be around for the past 30 years. All television programs would be rated according to six categories: TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14, and TV-M. These ratings a a...

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... ("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 teenagers. Along with getting arrested and prosecuted for criminal acts when they become adults ("Violence on Television" 2). Children mock ... ("Parents and children" 6). The more real the violence looks the higher possibility of it to be learner. The images on television can make a kid mentally damaged and defens...

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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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... with suggestive ideas. Although some say that television violence is the effect of actual violence, surely actual violence is also the effect of television violence. Now the question is how TV violence affects children. When children see too much violence they become desensitized to it and/or imitate it. They may also gain a distorted worldview. The media should take more initiative ... responsibility in creating a decline of corruption in the nation. If they do not, who will? Many parents do not know that their children are watching morally and emotionally deteriorating things. TV shou...

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... effects of seeing violence on television: Firstly, children may become less sensitive to the pain and suffering of others. Children who watch a lot of TV are less aroused by violent scenes than are those who only watch a little; in other words, they're less bothered by violence in general ... mean that a large portion of young people fit into the category of heavy viewers. Their view of the world must be profoundly shaped by TV. Hence, If adults can be so accepting of the reality of television, imagine its effect on children. Thirdly, children may be more likely ... age, children are see...

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... books, it comes from television." Sukhman Gill. Many people around the word can't read English or even speak it but can understand it. So watching TV they can listen and learn. On the other hand, violence in other countries are mind blasting, but we can't help the people in need if we ... through. People need the news to help them, to avoid violence and learn which leads me to my next point. Secondly, if regulation increases many TV shows will be shut down and will be no longer available to the viewers. "Television inspired me to become what I am today, watching Criminal ... into watchi...

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... accruing and how do we reduce to amount of violence that's is being presented? Ellen Goodman, writer of "How to Zap Violence on TV" and Mike Males writer of "Public Enemy Number One?" have contrasting views on the subject. Violence is a problem that is discussed in both articles. Goodman ... states that children see that there are few consequences to the person that commits a violent act on television. But on the other hand, Males believes that TV violence is not the only cause for, but the media as well. He states that media violence accounts for 1 to 5 percent of all violence in socie...

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... book shelve, board games ad beside these thing there was our only one source of information outside School, a television set. We were allowed to watch TV only at certain time of the day. Mostly after doing our homework, but past 8 p.m. we were living in an Islamic country where media is ... life results in pain or death. Refused to let us see shows known to be violent, and change the channel or turn off the TV set when offensive material came on, with an explanation of what is wrong with the program. They disapproved for the violent episodes in ... also use these measures to prevent harm...

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... . There is nothing else on the earth that reaches as many people as television. According to IAGD.Net, the average American watches over 4 hours of TV a day. Also children spend more than 900 hours in a school year, but many will watch over 1000 hours of television in the same year. ... The American Academy of Pediatrics study says, by the time today's child reaches age 70, he or she will have spent approximately seven years watching TV. One thing can be said about television, the images and values that its viewers absorb are standards that the viewer can accept to be the ... (specific ...

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... of cartoons, toy commercials, and music videos. Children often do not realize that it hurts to hit someone else because they see it all the time on TV. Everyday a cartoon character is beat up, injured, or killed, only to return in the very next episode, good as new. As a result, children ... time spent in front of the "tube," parents will compel their children to do something more productive like reading a book or playing outside. In limiting TV time, parents also need to monitor what programs their children are watching and restrict the viewing of violent programs. Just because a child i...

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... , 1996). In their research, they discovered continuous and consistent behavioral effects linked to film and television demonstrated by patients. What people watch on TV is also continuing to corrupt the way people looked at themselves. In recent years, more and more people are receiving treatment for negative feelings toward ... their bodies and their love lives. Patients feel that because their lives aren't as perfect as the lives of the people on TV, there must be something wrong with them. Psychologists are also noticing an increase in atrocious violent acts by patients, acts similar ...

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... American preschooler watches more than 27 hours of television per week up through ages 3 and 4 most children are unable to distinguish fact from fantasy on TV" (Centerwall, pg 128). Centerwall also supports his claims by presenting the many different studies that have been done that have evidence supporting his claims. ... show that many people realize it is a problem but they just are afraid to touch the issue. In reading Siano's arguments to the effects of TV violence on children I often wondered if he agreed or disagreed with Centerwall. He came on very strongly at first stating, " th...

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... everyday, it answers and explains their questions, it entertains them, in one word, they find everything they want on TV and it makes their lives complete because to a child TV sometimes can be a substitute for almost everything. There is no doubt that television can be very useful, educative, ... can affect the way a child acts, thinks and feels about different issues such as violence, education and morality, gender and racial stereotypes. TV glorifies violence and weapons, and teaches children that the easiest way of resolving problems is through violence. By every day, television's p...

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... of cartoons, toy commercials, and music videos. Children often do not realize that it hurts to hit someone else because they see it all the time on TV. Everyday a cartoon character is beat up, injured, or killed, only to return in the very next episode, good as new. As a result, children ... time spent in front of the "tube," parents will compel their children to do something more productive like reading a book or playing outside. In limiting TV time, parents also need to monitor what programs their children are watching and restrict the viewing of violent programs. Just because a child i...

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... in movies and on television increases violence in society. Children watch an average of four hours of TV per day, and the inner cities those increases to as many as eleven hours of TV shows.(Google) Too much TV can have a bad effect on a child especially when every six years old child has his/ ... parents and children no longer face each other across the table or on a floor mate, discussing their family issues but instead they gathered around facing TV set. Television violence must be reduced to protect the nation's children. It is the young people especially those who have not yet reache...

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... Things 2). This violence is not reserved for the big screen; In fact a large amount of the problem comes from what television stations put on TV. We now view movies on television complete with graphic sickening violence. Most of the movies that stations are showing are extremely violent, contain graphic sex ... 20 to 25 on Saturday morning (Some Things 2). An American child would have already witnessed about 200,000 acts of violence, at the age of 18, on TV alone (Some Things 2). An astonishing 2,605 violent acts were shown on Thursday, April 7, 1995, on a Washington D.C. home wired for...

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... anti-social behavior according to Madeline Levine, psychologist. (Viewing Violence, 1996) Dr. Jib Fowles, a researcher from the University of Houston would disagree. He testified to the U.S. Congress that TV violence was a good way to relieve tension. Dr. Radecki strongly disagreed saying that "Fowles has never done a single psychological or aggression research study in his life...No aggression researcher alive ... bigger than in countries such as Britain where welfare and taxation systems mitigate some of the social and class differences. Fiske is not blaming social systems for the viol...

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... situation currently? The UCLA Violence Monitoring Report say's: "Entertainment Industries council, which distributes suggestions to the writers and producers of network shows and TV movies on social issues, is now meeting with writers to develop ways for producing conflict without violence and showing the consequences of violence" ( ... toy commercials, and music videos. Children often do not realize that it hurts to hit someone else because they see it all the time on TV. Everyday a cartoon character is beat up, injured, or killed, only to return in the very next episode, good as new. A...

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... bodies beating the living daylight out of each other. Bob chuckled at the sight and continued driving home. When he got home, he turned on the TV and watched the news. Bob laughed hysterically when he heard the report on a lunatic spraying bullets at a school in Arkansas. Bob took out the ... more accessible and less expensive. Where would guns be without television? Television is the prime source for Americans to see and hear about violence. Things like violent TV show, violence in the news, and violent movies are the best forms of entertainment. Shows like Southpark, Pro-wrestling, and...

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... , I found a very scary statistic. It said that by the time an average child, who watches two to four hours of TV per day, finishes elementary school, they will have witnessed 8000 murders and over 100 000 other acts of violence on TV. I can just imagine the profound effect that this must have on kids. In the case of Michael Carneal, he learnt ... anyone say that violent video games don't affect children? As the author says, children are almost "trained" in violence. From a young age, kids see acts of aggression and brutality on TV. Maybe not for all children, but for some, it changes the...

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... , and so on. And it affects our lives a lot. Through these media, various generations are affected. Especially small kids are really affected to media. Now almost every kid is watching TV. Of course they watch cartoons but also news that shows what is going on in the world. Unfortunately, there are lots of stuffs such as violence that kids are not ... . Media is not bad but the violence that is shown in media has bad affection to small kids. They are not tempted to watch the TV violence. For instance, eight-year-old girl was watching her favorite TV program then when the program end, brea...

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... a trend in television, which depicted more and more violent scenes and then concluded that violence in children was the direct result of increasing violence on TV. Motion pictures were invented in the early 1900's and television was invented in the 1930's. These two inventions revolutionized the way we receive and process ... that these tools are the source of society's downfall is untrue. Ellis has not supported his claims against TV violence. Ellis has neither defended nor provided any evidence of his position against TV violence. Ellis has not cited where his information came from. H...

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