We live in the American society, where freedom of media is guaranteed, where we are free to express our opinion but we should regret that the liberty granted does not care for the hue and cry raised by social organizations which go unheard, especially with respect to the violence shown on our television networks. On average, young children watch about 10,000 acts of violence before they are through with their schools.
Psychological research has found that televised violence has numerous effects on the behavior of children of different ages. These include the imitation of violence and crime seen on television, reduced inhibitions against behaving aggressively, and the displacing of activities, such as socializing with other children and interacting with adults that would teach children non-violent ways to solve conflicts (Furnham, 1993). Television violence has also been found to have emotional effects on children. Children may become desensitized to real-life violence, they may come to see the world as a mean and scary place or they may come to expect others to resort to physical violence to resolve conflicts.
School-age children are drawn to the action of violent television rather than to the violent content itself; watching high levels of television action may also make children more aggressive. School-age children have been found to behave more aggressively than usual in their play after watching high-action television with no violence in it at all. It has been found that high excitement level alone is sufficient to increase their aggression, and that vivid formal features produce such levels of excitement (Furnham, 2000). It has also been demonstrated that violent content produces substantial effects over and above those brought about by excitement alone.
TV violence, especially late-night, is connected with poor sleep patterns and less sleep for school in children. The emotional and mental....
