Television Violence and Children

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses how violence has always been an integral part of the television cartoon format. The paper explores research on the effects of violence on children and shows how younger children tend to be more deeply affected by televised violence than older children. The paper maintains that the correlation between television violence and the development of aggressive patterns of behavior obligates parents to become involved in the monitoring of violent scenes for their young children.

Outline:
Introduction
The Increasing Amount of Violence in the Media
Research on the Effects of Violence of Children
The Role of Parents

From the Paper:

"Violence has always been an integral part of the television cartoon format and there is an increasing acceptance of media violence in our society. It is as if we have become inured or immune to scenes of violence. This also applies to accepted violence in cartoons aimed at very young children. As one critic states: " Every Disney cartoon I watch is violent. They all have very dark scary moments." ( Dickinsin A. 2000, p.90) Numerous studies also emphasize the connection between media violence and aggressive behavior in children. Experts state that there is no doubt about the relationship between television violence and the development of aggressive tendencies in children."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Cheng T, et al. ( 2004) Children's Violent Television Viewing: Are Parents Monitoring? Pediatrics, 114, 94.
• Dickinsin A. (2000) Violent Cartoons. Time, 155, 90.
• Josephson, W. ( 1995) Television Violence: A Review of the Effects on Children of Different Ages. Retrieved 15 June, 2006, from http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/research_documents/reports/violence/tv_violence_child.cfm
• Research on the Effects of Media Violence. Retrieved 15 June, 2006, from http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/violence/effects_media_violence.cfmSexuality in the Mass Media: How to View the Media Critically. Retrieved June 12, 2006, from http://www.soc.ucsb.edu/sexinfo/?article=activity&refid=026
• TV Bloodbath: Violence on Prime Time Broadcast TV. (2006) Retrieved 14 June, 2006, from http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/reports/stateindustryviolence/main.asp

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