... violence because it is one of the highest forms of entertainment we have. It has become a way of life for us in the twenty-first century. With the development of cable and satellite, many doors have opened up to the amount of programs with violent acts. Instead of having two to ten channels you now have hundreds. Violence Is Every were ... can also ban any movies, programs or shows that they strongly dislike their children watching. Television ratings were created by a committee made up of parents, television broadcasters, television programming producers, cable operators, and public in...

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... 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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... said of sports. Because of television, professional wrestling, which has always been a parody of the real sport, has become even more bizarre. The market share on TBS and the USA Cable Network is larger for wrestling than for recognized athletic events. Because of TV, the audience has become accustomed to seeing displays of outrageous behavior. Instead of nicknames like "Magic- Johnson ... ...

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... Rangers. The children thought that the girl would later get up because in the show the characters never died. Consequently, the show was canceled throughout Norway. In addition, YTV, a youth cable channel in Canada and also other television networks had recently canceled the show because it did not meet their standards (Kjos). Unfortunately, children are not the only ones who are ... ...

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