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Violence in the Media - How does it affect children? ... It is the contention of this paper that the violent images children see in the media causes them to be violent and aggressive. ... Saint Augustine lamented that his society was addicted to gladiator games, so even back then- violence was a form of entrainment (Website 2).
The history of media violence affects on children dates back to the 1920’s and 1930’s, when children started going to movies unattended. ...
As you can see, violence always played a big role in entertainment, but over the past few decades something about it changed dramatically--there’s a lot more of it. Over fifty years ago, in June of 1952, the first congressional hearings on violence in radio and television and its impact on children and youth held by House Intrstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee.
Seventeen years later, in 1969, a Report of National Commission on the Causes mid Prevention of Violence said TV violence is the contributor to societys violence problem.
In 1976, the American health society calls TV Violence a "national hazard". ... Ever since that research countless studies have determined that violence in movies, television and video games have a violent influence on a child (Website 3). ... Although those two studies conducted by Eron could be two very mysterious coincidences, they are definitely sufficient proof of the affects of the media on a child (Does TV Kill? ...
Whether it is a playful punch or a murder of 13 people, television and the media are the ones to blame. Kids ages six up to nineteen are most likely to be influenced by the media and its violent images.
Approximate Word count = 1349
Approximate Pages = 5.4
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