VIOLENT PROGRAMS ON TELEVISION LEAD TO AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR BY CHILDREN

Since 1982, the content make for of Mental Health, along with other reputable health organizations has stash away data that connects media fury, with uncivilized deeds. Conclusions deduced from this data prove that violent programs on goggle box lead to aggressive behavior by children and teenagers who watch those programs. Television violence affects young people of all ages, all socio-economic levels, and all levels of intelligence. To mean solar days children view vast amounts of violence on goggle box. A steady f be of death, killings, torture, and other grotesque acts may be viewed on any day by vulnerable youth. When children ar young, they be impressionable to all their surroundings, and in particular vulnerable to what they see. Scientific research validates this fact. In studies by the National Institute of Mental Health, educators shake learned that children who watch violence ofttimes act out this violence. Parents today have a responsibility to ensure their children are supervised when watching violent programs if they are allowed to watch these programs at all. When parents are in the room with children, parents should point out to children that television is not real. Children turn tail to see television as real life, and lack the maturity to single out the difference between news and fiction programs on television. Studies by George Gerbner, Ph.D., at the University of Pennsylvania, have shown that childrens television shows contain about twenty violent acts each hour and that children who watch a lot of television are more likely to think that the world is a mean and heavy place. Society sees many tragic examples of research findings on youth and television violence. One such example occurred in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1999. At the time, Justin Douglas was a cute, intelligent five-year-old little boy with loving parents and a proficient middle class home. One day, Justin watched his favorite cartoon heroes Beavis and Butt-he ad, on MTV run wiz of their famous arson stunts. The cartoon program, created for a mature audience, often contains foul language, drinking, comments about setting fires, smoking, and portrays stealing as acceptable. Justin tried the like stunt he had watched. The real life result was not a cartoon. His home was set on fire and his younger sister incapacitated her life when she could not be rescued from t... ...fect that the observation of violence would have on the subjects social behavior. The experimental group, which was exposed to the violence, was shown to continue the red button, which was believed to hurt another childs chances of receiving a prize. more than often and for a significantly longer period than the children were shown an exciting non-violent film. The completion was that the exposure to violence is related to the acceptance of aggression. All of these studies lead to one thing, the fact that violence affects children and adults.Before the average America n child leaves mere(a) school, researchers estimate that he or she will have witnessed more than 8,000 murders on television. This steady diet of imaginary violence makes America the world drawing card in real crime and violence. It is time for parents and the American public to organize notice of the scientific evidence that proves the correlation between violence seen on television and violence acting out in our society. To ignore these studies continues the outgrowth culture of violence in our country. As Texan writer mollie Ivans says, the first rule of a hole is, if you are in one, allow digging.