... violent content. In 1996, the Clinton administration pushed through legislation requiring that all new television sets sold in the United States ultimately included the v-chip ("V-chip Fiasco" A15). This is a device that allows parents to block the reception of programs or material that they find inappropriate for their children ... are able to make their own decision as to which programs to block and which ones to allow. Parents have this option with the V-chip when used with another newly developed system called the television rating system. The television rating system is a system cons...

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... no cost, its free. The only cost is your time to watch what the program rating is before the program starts. C. The V-Chip is not a Problem solving solution. 1. The V-Chip is an alternate solution to monitoring children's viewing. 2. The V-Chip electronically reads television programming ratings and allows parents to block programs they believe are unsuitable for their children. If parent don't pay attention ... ...

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... no cost, its free. The only cost is your time to watch what the program rating is before the program starts. C. The V-Chip is not a Problem solving solution. 1. The V-Chip is an alternate solution to monitoring children's viewing. 2. The V-Chip electronically reads television programming ratings and allows parents to block programs they believe are unsuitable for their children. If parent don't pay attention ... ...

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... have graphic violence should receive government incentives for not showing violence, and that stations should be liable to the victims family from copying violent perpetrators (Mayer). The V-chip is another viable solution. The V-chip allows the parent to set what the child should watch. If the parent doesn't want the child watching violence, they can simply make it so the child can ... when they are older. For now there are very few ways to control this. Parents need to regulate what the child should watches and parents should also invest in buying a V-chip so the child cannot be expos...

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