amount of television watched at age eight predicted the seriousness of criminal acts for which they were convicted of by age thirty". When someone watches violent television at a young age‚ they become affected by it and start to mimic the behavior (Centerwall 1). Being surrounded by violent influences creates a different world that the viewer is trapped in. Stossel concludes that "a huge body of evidence-including 3‚000 studies" have a strong correlation between television watching and aggression.
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Bibliography: Centerwall‚ B. S.‚ 1992. Television and Violence: the scale of the problem and where to go from here. Journal of American Medical Association‚ 267(22)‚ pp. 3059-3063. [Accessed 8 April 2012] Chandler‚ D.‚ 1997 Condry‚ J.‚ 1989. The Psychology of Television‚ p. 80-112. [Accessed 9 April 2012] Donnerstein‚ E.‚ & Linz‚ D.‚ 1995 Gross‚ R.‚ 1992. Psychology: The
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to two to three hours a day. Children from the ages 6-11 spend more time watching television than they do in the classroom (Centerwall‚ 1992). The level of violence that they see on prime time television is about five violent acts per hour and the level of violence on Saturday that includes cartoons morning programming is about 20 to 25 violent acts per hour (Centerwall‚ 1992). At this rate‚ the average American child will see 8‚000 murders before they finish elementary school! Those children who
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Television Violence and Its Effect on Children The children of today are surrounded by technology and entertainment that is full of violence. It is estimated that the average child watches from three to five hours of television a day! (Neilson 1993). Listening to music is also a time consuming pastime among children. With all of that exposure‚ one might pose the question‚ "How can seeing so much violence on television and video games and hearing about violence in in music affect a child’s behavior
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Writing 122 5 May 2013 Television‚ magazines‚ radio‚ movies‚ and music are all forms of today’s modern media. Is it possible that our modern media could be causing crime rates to rise? Back in the 1920’s‚ these media’s came out so that people could stay connected with what was going on around the world. Soon‚ the media became a form of entertainment. Over the last five decades‚ the rules and guidelines of media have changed dramatically. When the media first came out‚ it was completely prohibited
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Article 7 Gendered Media: The Influence of Media on Views of Gender Julia T. Wood Department of Communication‚ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill times more often than ones about women (“Study Reports Sex Bias‚” 1989)‚ media misrepresent actual proportions of men and women in the population. This constant distortion tempts us to believe that there really are more men than women and‚ further‚ that men are the cultural standard. THEMES IN MEDIA Of the many influences on how we view
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John Stuart Mill was a great philosopher of the nineteenth century and the author of ’On Liberty.’ In this writing (written in 1850)‚ Mills voiced his ideas on individual freedom‚ both social and political. His intended audience is educated‚ healthy and ’civilized’ adults. He equates our personal freedoms with the pursuit of happiness‚ in particular‚ freedom of speech and expression. Mill defines the meaning of liberty as the relationship between the State and an individual‚ in regards to the power
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In his essay‚ “A Desensitized Society Drenched in Sleaze‚ ” Jeff Jacoby argues that a sex and violence filled media has desensitized society by making extremely obscene actions almost a norm. According to Jacoby‚ entertainment through means of television‚ cinema‚ and music is so sex and violence drenched that this new generation we live in is accustomed to offensive behavior. Because of the boost of offensive actions in the media‚ people see such actions as normal to a point where we do not think
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Historical Background A spread is a food that is spread with a knife onto bread‚ crackers‚ or other bread products. Spreads are added to bread products to provide flavor and texture‚ and are an integral part of the dish; they should be distinguished from condiments‚ which are optional additions. Spreads should also be distinguished from dips‚ which do not employ a knife in applying it to crackers or chips. (en.wikipedia.org) Butter is a dairy product made by churning
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9/11 What "they" don’t want you to know I. Introduction a. Where could the US Government have ever gotten the idea for the terrorist attacks of 9/11 i. 12/7/42‚ Japan attacks Pearl Harbor‚ historians suggest the US Government had fair warning of the attacks and instructed US Military at Pearl Harbor to "let it happen on purpose"‚ thus giving the U.S. a reason to enter the war. ii. 10/17/62‚ after the failed "Bay of Pigs" invasion‚ the US Government was looking for another way to stage an attack
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