Julie lynne Violence Essay

Violence on the small screen is unexeptable. Televisoin is a major in flunce for kids. It is also influences people to commit crimes.
Televison majorly influces kids. Studies by the AACP shows the effects, including becoming immune to violence and imitating the violence.
Violece on television can influence people to commit crimes. Studies show 44% of shows cotion volence. That’s not good.
Some might say that the fist Andement protects violence onscreen. But even the fist andment has limits.


As early as 1952, the United States House of Representatives was holding hearings to explore the impact of television violence and concluded that the "television broadcast industry was a perpetrator and a deliverer of violence." In 1972 the Surgeon General's office conducted an overview of existing studies on television violence and concluded that it was "a contributing factor to increases in violent crime and antisocial behavior." In his testimony to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Surgeon General Jesse Steinfeld said, ""It is clear to me that the causal relationship between televised violence and antisocial behavior is sufficient to warrant appropriate and immediate remedial action… There comes a time when the data are sufficient to justify action. That time has come."
The average child spends 25 hours a week watching television, more time than they spend in school or engaged in any other activity except sleep. It influences them.
Violent entertainment leaves a mark, even on children who don't engage in aggressive behaviors. Witnessing repeated violent acts increases general feelings of hostility and can lead to desensitization and a lack of empathy for human suffering. Over time, consumption of violence-laden imagery can leave viewers with the perception that they are living in a mean and dangerous world, giving them an unrealistically dark view of life. t is estimated that by the time an average child leaves elementary school, he or she will have witnessed 8,000 murders and over 100,000 other acts of violence. verall, violence increased in every time slot between 1998 and 2002. On all the networks combined, violence was 41% more frequent during the 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT) Family Hour in 2002 than in 1998. Nearly 2 out of 3 TV programs contained some violence, averaging about 6 violent acts per hour.
In conclusion, please help stop violence on TV.