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Media Effects the way people veiw Violence. The Effects on Teens from the
Media A 1982 report from the National Institute of Mental ...
Submitted by haccstudent on October 16, 2005
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The Effects on Teens from the Media
A 1982 report from the National Institute of Mental Health states "Violent
programs on television lead to aggressive behavior by children and teenagers who watch
those programs." (American Psychological Association.) Whenever I catch my little
cousins play fighting, I always ask them why they were doing it. "Power Rangers to the
rescue!" exclaims six year old Benjamin as he runs away. "D'oh." says twelve year old Joseph Scott. They just react to what they see on the television. Those two for example have different things they are allowed to watch. When Joseph Scott turned twelve last June, he was now allowed to watch the Simpson's, and That Seventy's Show. Ben can watch the Power Rangers, as well as shows on the Disney Channel, and Nickelodeon, but not much else.
Violence in entertainment has always been around. "Between 2000 B.C. and 44
A.D. the ancient Egyptians entertained themselves with plays re-enacting the murder of
their god Osiris-- and the spectacle, history tells us led to a number of copycat killings."
[Internet- Media Awareness].
Today violence plays a huge role in the television programs that Americans
watch. In 2001 television programs averaged an alarming number of forty acts of
violence per hour. Eighty percent of the violence shown on Canadian television stations
originated in the United States. Approximately thirty-nine percent of violence on
television airs in programs before 8 P.M. The majority of children are likely to view it
then. 87.9 percent of all violence in television programs airs before nine P.M. That
makes a jump of nearly 48.9 percent. [Internet- Media Awareness].
In the year 2001 a quarter of the most violent movies and television...
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