Violence In Television Programs

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in ironic contexts. For example heroic "good-guy" characters commit aggression, consequences of violence are unseen, and aggression goes unpunished or seems justified. For example, one cartoon featured four heroes who used their superior strength to beat up villains who were trying to freeze the world. The villains escape unscathed. The heroes congratulated each other. Young children are unable to distinguish the difference between what is reality and what is fantasy. Thus, the children saw attractive perpetrators of aggression use violence that seemed justified on victims who suffered minimal consequences, with the aggressors showing no remorse in the process. In an incident in Norway, two children beat another child by jumping and kicking the child in the head and other parts of the body numerous times. As a result, the child died from being left in the cold because she was not able to move due to her injuries. ( Centerwall, 1993) After an investigation officials ...

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aggressiveness. Sometimes watching a single violent program can increase aggressiveness. This can be seen in the school yard during playtime or recess when the children fight over who gets to use the swings. Rather than sharing, the encounter often leads to pushing and shoving until somebody gets their way. Without even knowing it, their minds become more numb to the things they see. " Fighting no longer is something we want to avoid but rather a common way to solve problems." ( Havens, 1993) Children who view too much media violence may have more difficulty getting along with others. If children do not see acts of kindness between other children and adults, they are less ...

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