Television Violence

Term Paper Title	Television Violence
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Television Violence

[Category]:

Social Issues

[Paper Title]:

Television Violence

[Text]:

Violence in today's society is greatly increased by visions of violence

on television. Children are among those who are influenced the most by

violence they see on many television programs. "TV violence

desensitizes you to other people's humanity," say psychologist Madeline

Levine. 57 percent of all shows contain violence, in these shows,

violence is portrayed as harmless in that nothing happens to the

victims. There are also no long term repercussions and the perpetrator

usually goes unpunished. I feel that it is not responsible to let

children see this sort of unrealistic violence portrayed on TV. If

children must see violence on TV, let it teach them that there are

consequences for their actions. Many people have tried to change this.

The Children's Television Act of 1990 was passed, in order to "ensure

that the educational and information needs of children are met by the

broadcast industry." This law simply doesn't work. All it does is

encourage broadcasters top do the right thing. The V-chip would also

help parents monit

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