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A 5 page paper discussing some of the benefits that television can have. Specific episodes have been instrumental in cases of assault and murder recreating scenes aired only a few days before, and TV in general has been blamed for contributing to society's general decline in the "sex and violence" vein. The influence of mass media on social learning is illustrated not only in these negative aspects, but uses the popular series "Touched by an Angel" as counterpoint. The ultimate message of the show is that one person truly can make a difference, but only if that one person stands up for what is right and acts on his convictions. That message has been lost in the mass media for some time, but the viewing audience is proving that network audiences are not so shallow, after all. Bibliography lists 5 sources. KS-TBA.doc
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called all these and worse. The sad part is, in many cases the derogatory statements are true. For years, "sex and violence" were the catch phrases of supporters
and opponents alike, and we can only shake our heads and wonder how shows of the type of Jenny Jones and Jerry Springer can remain on the air. The
old Phil Donahue show, forerunner of todays array of sleaze, was forced off the air in the Dallas market on the strength of one fathers objection to its afternoon time
slot and his young sons exposure to it. Network TVs embrace of the seamier side of society has been largely responsible for viewers
mass exodus to cable and satellite providers and the subsequent success of movie channels, Home and Garden TV, Animal Planet, the Travel Channel and the like, but there appears to
be a swing underway in the offerings of more mainstream programming. "Frankly, Im sick of all the filth in movies and the shooting and killing, [actress Whitney] Houston said. The
public is at the saturation point with those films. I think its a throwback to old-fashioned movies, which always had a message" (Pearlman, 1996; p. 8E).
For decades, we have had lessons from sociologists and plain common sense that negative and violent shows can contribute to negative and violent actions born out in
private life. Network TV has faced more than once accusations of responsibility in assault and murder cases in which creative methods of violence were played out in one large
city or another only a few days after the same scene had aired on a particularly violent show. The case of a man being set afire in Boston brought
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