Video Violence: Assessing and Curbing the Effects of Television
Violence within Youth Programming in the United States of America
In today's day and age, technology has become a cornerstone of the American existence. With each passing day, new and improved technological devices turnover in order to bring the outside world into the individual American home, but the television has remained unaffected. The television and its programming have remained a constant yet changing staple in the country that brings with it an unparalleled ability to shape its watchers, with the most affected being the children and youth of America. While so many individuals immediately connect the phrase "children's programming" to harmless programs like Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, the truth remains that along with this wholesome educational programming, violence has also become a constant in many of the television programs geared toward children today. In viewing the research that is available on the topic of violence in television geared towards children and youths, a question of how such violent programming affects the minds and actions of the country's children must be addressed as well as: "how much is too much," when it comes to violence on TV.
Violence on television is nothing new, but violence in children's programming is a more recent phenomenon that has become increasingly more questionable. Recent studies estimate that children watch "an average of four hours of TV each day," says Harvard psychiatrist Alvin Poussaint, who also notes that children really do "learn about violence and how to commit violence from watching TV" (Keer, 1). Violence in TV shows dates back to early episode of Loony Toons in which cartoon characters drop anvils on each other, tote guns, engage in fights that are so intense that characters are trapped behind swirling clouds of dust with the ever-present stars and swirls indicating that one of the fighters is injured and done for. Such examples of violence in cartoons like the Loony Toons predates the intensity of violence in contemporary shows like Spongebob Squarepants, within which the same classic cartoon violence ensues while...
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Violence in Media Contribute to Violent Behavior in Children? In this day and age, the media is part and parcel of most people's lives in such a way that there is an interaction with media in different forms each day. People access media for many reasons, some of which are to gather information, to be entertained and in order to advance their education. In today's media, violence has become a
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