... that the average child witnesses eight thousand murders and over one hundred thousand other violent acts by age twelve (Bennetts, 1996). A study conducted by four universities and financed by the cable industry analyzed nearly 2,700 shows in a twenty-week survey of 23 channels. The results of the study showed that 57% of the shows contained at least some violence (Zoglin, 1996 ... act they are punished by some authority figure whether it is their parents or the police. However, this is not the case on most television shows. According to The National Cable Television Study, in 73% of the...

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... The New Super Friends Hour and Scooby Laff-a-Lympics, were designed to increase audience flow. In the 1980's came the television revolution; which was caused by the overwhelming demand for cable and VCR's. Many new programs for children were being put on the air due to new networks like Nickelodeon, Discovery, Learning, Lifetime, Disney, and the Family channel. In the 1990 ... ...

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... more than just an insightful knowledge of events. Perhaps Columbine copycats and school bomb threats may never have arisen if the entire world hadn't witnessed the blood-soaked terrors via cable television. Cartoon superhero contributors of this belligerent behavior include the seemingly unlikely Superman and Batman. Differentiating between fantasy and reality remains especially perplexing for children under the age of 8. Like ... ...

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... that the girl would later get up because in the show the characters never die. Consequently, the show Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was canceled throughout Norway. In addition, YTV, a youth cable channel in Canada and also other television networks has recently canceled the show because it did not meet their standards. Children are not the only ones who get influenced by ... ...

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