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A 4 page research paper that discusses the effect of media violence on children. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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one side there are the people who might be categorized as media pessimist, as they argue that depictions of violence in the media are harmful to children and young people,
and there is considerable research evidence to back this position. While on the other side are the voices of those who can be categorized as skeptics due to the methodological
difficulties inherent in showing a definitive causation relationship between exposure to media violence and serious aggression or crime. Nevertheless, while the debate continues, there is no denying that there
has been a dramatic increase in the amount of media violence to which children are exposed. After the deregulation of childrens television in the 1980s. the airways were swamped
with childrens TV shows that glorified violence, such as "Masters of the Universe, GI Joe, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers, and most recently professional wrestling" (Levin and Carlsson-Paige, 2003,
p. 427). Each Power Rangers episode shows, on average, 100 acts of violence (Levin and Carlsson-Paige, 2003). This average is roughly twice that of the childrens TV show that
held this record before Power Rangers. It is not estimated that by the end of elementary school, the average student will have witnessed "8,000 murders and 100,000 acts of violence
on the TV screen" (Levin and Carlsson-Paige, 2003,. P. 427). Violence also exists on other forms of media. Browne and Hamilton-Glachritsis (2005) conducted a meta-analysis of research literature and
found that there empirical evidence has substantiated the assertion that "violent imagery in television, film and video, and computer games" has substantial, if short-term, effects on the arousal level of
young children, particularly boys, that can lead to increases in aggressive behavior (Browne and Hamilton-Glachritsis, 2005, p. 702). Research evidence is less conclusive when the study subjects were older children
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