Much research has gone into showing why our society is so mesmerized by this glowing box and the action that takes place within it. Only a mere sixty years ago the invention of the television was viewed as a technological breakthrough with black and white ghost-like figures on the screen so small, hardly anyone could see them. ... Michael Howe claims, "Over many years, little more than lip service has been paid by the television networks to the expressed need to protect children from the injurious influences (Chaffee 9). History shows too, that "cries of protest, even when accompanied by ri...

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