Although most people look at television as an entertaining and educational way to spend time, some people think there is to much violence in television and that is influencing our young into becoming aggressive in nature and to tolerate violence. ... Acts of violence are committed everyday by High school and even Elementary school kids. ... Many of the research conducted, points at television violence as the primary influence in our children's aggressive behavior. ... Studies conducted by scientists have found that the behavior of hostile kids in school were influenced by the shows they w...

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The violent tape chosen was Karate Kid III and the nonviolent tape was Gorillas in the Mist. In experiments using these two videos, higher levels of anger and aggressive behavior were found in participants who saw the Karate Kid III video than in participants who saw the Gorillas in the Mist video (Bushman, 1998). ... The frequency and legitimacy of violent acts on television also influences viewers to model their acts after what they have seen on television. ...

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