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This 3 page paper discusses the effect of TV violence on young people, and concludes that among other things, TV violence makes children aggressive, fearful, and inclined to see the world as either black or white, making it easy to justify violence as a way to solve problems. They are thus totally unequipped to deal with life as it really is, and they are surprised when they find that violence is not always the appropriate response. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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of TV violence on children and young people. Discussion Research that has been accumulated over the years shows a "correlation between viewing violence and aggressive behavior" (Tepperman, 1997). A study
by Dr. Leonard D. Eron is one of the most important ever done; Eron "followed a group of young people for 22 years" (Tepperman, 1997). He found that those people
who had "watched more television at age eight" were now, at 30, more likely "to have committed more serious crimes, to be more aggressive when drinking, and to punish their
children more harshly than others" (Tepperman, 1997). TV violence is misleading, Tepperman writes, because it teaches children things that are untrue (1997). It teaches them that violence is "often
rewarded and seldom has negative consequences"; that it is everywhere; that it is justified; and even that its funny (Tepperman, 1997). The Three Stooges, for instance, show the "boys" whacking
each other over the head to the accompaniment of a hysterical laugh track (Tepperman, 1997). The idea that violence is justified is exemplified by the fact that much of it
is done by the "hero," who is almost never punished even when his actions are extreme; the "bad guys" are only punished "approximately 62 percent of the time" (Tepperman, 1997).
Perhaps the worst message of all is that "violence is pleasurable. Clint Eastwood, in Dirty Harry, finds violence so enjoyable that he encourages people to provoke him -- a violent
act would make my day" (Tepperman, 1997). There are three predictors as to which children are most susceptible to the influence of media violence (Tepperman, 1997). They include those who
identify strongly with one of the characters (Tepperman, 1997). This is usually a boy because "aggressors in the media are usually male and females are usually victims" (Tepperman, 1997). Boys
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