Television Violence In The United States

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highlight the potentially strong influence TV can have on those who watch it. It is believed that people learn by imitating what they see, and children are particularly receptive to such learning (Freedman 96). Based on the research I've done I feel children model things they see and learn their aggressions from family members and from television. Therefore TV violence is a cause of aggressive behavior.
Television and movie violence refers to the act of rape, abuse, assault, injury and murder depicted on television and in movies. Some people are against television violence, suggesting that TV violence cause aggressive behavior. Other people suggest that television violence does not cause people to act aggressively. They say it is all based on the way they were raised and how they where thought to handle their aggression, and how they interpret violence. They feel the viewers should be critical thinkers they have to be taught how to interpret what they see.
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learn from what the see and since what they watch most of the time is television, it will play a part in how there minds develop.
Another example of how television influences children was in Linnord California when three local teens with their obsession with the hit movie Scream turned deadly. Mario Pidea and his two accomplices created a plan to reenact the film on friends, family and classmates. Each was planned perfectly just as in the movie (Dateline movie). The viewing of violent movies can sometimes have a trigger effect, making the person do things they normally not do. When serial rapist and murderer Nathaniel White confessed to authorities in New York State, he claimed got his ...

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