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Federal Communications Commission American Medical Association
1,849 words"There was murderers going around killing lots of people and stealing jewelry. " This quote comes from the mouth of an eight year old girl after watching the evening news on television. The eight year old girl claims that she is afraid "when there is a murder near because you never know if could be in town" (Cullingford, 61). A recent report from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) pools evidence from over 2, 500 studies within the last decade on over 100, 000 subjects from several na...
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Amount Of Violent Amount Of Violence
1,187 wordsMonkey see, monkey do has become a well-known saying in todays modern, media warped society, but is it correct? What has the world come to these days? It often seems like everywhere one looks, violence rears its ugly head. We see it in the streets, back alleys, school, and even at home. The last of these, our homes, is a major source of violence. In many peoples' living rooms there sits an outlet for violence that often goes unnoticed. It is the television, and the people who view it are often p...
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Violence Depicted In The Media
1,176 wordsThere is endless controversy today concerning society being highly affected by media programs displaying violence. The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) reports that violence in the media has increased since 1980 and continues to increase. Thousands of studies have pointed to a relationship between media violence and real life crime. Years of research show that exposure to media violence causes children to behave more aggressively, both immediately and in their adu...
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Play Video Games Acts Of Violence
859 wordsViolence is very wide spread in society today and is growing at an alarming rate among our children. Everyday we seem to hear of children beating on one another, ganging up on the elderly, invading homes, and even murdering people. One has to question how much effect different sorts of media have on our children. From the time we are very young we can be exposed to seeing and hearing horrible acts of violence on the television and radio, and through video games. Sadly, I believe this is where it...
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Studies Have Shown Violence In The Media
1,796 words... dia. In our society, parents are expected to be role models for their children and are responsible for guiding their childrens actions. Therefore, the method with which parents chose to raise their children has an immense impact on the development of the children, not to mention the society as a whole. There are three types of parenting techniques: authoritarian, permissive, and authoritative. The first type of parenting technique, authoritarian, teaches the children to value obedience and g...
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Federal Communications Commission American Medical Association
2,317 wordsViolence in the Media? Monkey see, monkey do? has become a well-known saying in today? s modern, media warped society, but is it correct? What has the world come to these days? It often seems like everywhere one looks, violence rears its ugly head. We see it in the streets, back alleys, school, and even at home. The last of these, our homes, is a major source of violence. In many peoples living rooms there sits an outlet for violence that often goes unnoticed. It is the television, and the peopl...
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Mortal Combat Violent Programs
800 wordsIs the media to blame for society s problems? This is the question that has been asked ever since television became a household necessity. There are many different types of media today ranging from newspapers, to television programs, video games and stories. There have been many arguments upon arguments about this issue, and over thousands of studies have been conducted. Unfortunately there isn t one single result, there is only an array of supposed answers to this undying question. When present...
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Hours Per Week Original Work Published
2,706 wordsMedia Violence in Childrens Lives During the past decade, America has witnessed an alarming increase in the incidence of violence in the lives of children. On a daily basis, children in America are victims of violence, as witnesses to violent acts in their homes or communities, or as victims of abuse, neglect, or personal assault. The causes of violent behavior in society are complex and interrelated. Among the significant contributors are poverty, racism, unemployment, illegal drugs, inadequate...
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Acts Of Violence Violent Acts
1,088 wordsMonkey see, monkey do has become a well-known saying in today s society, but is it correct? Just sixty years ago the invention of the television was viewed as a technological curiosity with black and white ghost-like figures on a screen so small hardly anyone could see them. Today that curiosity has become a constant companion to many, mainly children. From reporting the news and persuading us to buy certain products, to providing programs that depict violence, television has all but replaced wr...
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Itchy And Scratchy Television Violence
1,686 wordsIn this century, television was one of the great inventions. It gives people entertainment and provide them the updated news. Since television is so important and popular, every household at least has a television set. Watching television has become an important part of Americans daily life. People, especially children, enjoy watching television. Unluckily, many of todays television programs are violent. Since children spend an enormous amount of time watching television, this creates negative e...
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