Television and Youth Violence

Term Paper # 3113

Communication > Television
Sociology > Media and Society

A discussion of the impact that violence on TV has on youth crime.

1,550 words () | 8 sources | 2001 | United States

Published on: Sep 09, 2003

Paper Summary:

This is an argumentative paper about violence on television and its impact on youth. The author argues that television violence influences youth crime. Included is a classification of different kinds of violence on TV and a comparison of violence between the different genders.

From the Paper:

"Most people in our society generally have the opinion that violence on television increases aggression in children and adolescents. Does it - Who is to say whether television has a positively direct effect or a positive correlation - However, the majority of the people who have researched this topic have discovered that violence on television is indeed one of the prime factors contributing to the increase in violent and aggressive behavior among the youth in society. That is to say "there has been a growth of strong evidence to suggest that television violence does play an important and contributory part in the learning of aggression." In other words, violence in the media helps promote and encourage children and adolescents to freely express their abusive behavior. As a result, the topic of my essay will help support the issue that violence in the media causes abusive behavior in youths. Furthermore, I will emphasize if there are any differences in aggressive behavior between the genders. "