Violence on Television

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This paper examines whether violence on television adversely effects children. It begins by looking at how much television is watched generally and specifically it takes a look at cartoons, which in the 1990s constitute virtually the entirety of programming aimed at preschool children. The writer also defines what violence is and points out the history of violent influences. The paper concludes that there is a general relationship between television viewing and violence, as established in numerous studies, but while the evidence comes from correlational, experimental, it is often fairly tentative.

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"Television ownership grew with incredible rapidity from 2 percent ownership in 1948 to 98 percent saturation of the market in the 1990s. Indeed, by 1999 more American homes had televisions than telephones (Beresin, 1999). The growth in the number of hours broadcast came about at an even greater rate and since the boom in cable television and satellite broadcasting in the mid 1980s, television offers numerous formats, twenty-four hours a day, in nearly every part of the country to those who can afford it. Recent research shows that children begin watching as toddlers and the amount of time they spend looking at television increases steadily through early adolescence."

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