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A 4 page discussion of the problems we are facing in relation to violence. While a number of theories have been proposed to explain the increase in violence, one of the more interesting relates to the impact violence on television has on our nation's children. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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have reached epidemic proportions. Everything from radical incidents of violence between individuals and groups to school shootings and reports of bombs has appeared in recent headlines. School violence
is now a very real, and a very tragic, element of American life, an element which can only be changed through a regearing of society itself. That regearing, however,
must be based on an understanding of exactly what it is that is causing this escalation in violence (Engler, 2001). One particularly interesting theory regarding this cause is that
the degree of violence which our children are being exposed to on television is instrumental in directing them toward violent actions in their schools.
The relationship between the media, youth, and violence could be analyzed in a number of ways. The work of psychologist Albert Bandura provides a particularly interesting application.
Although not conducted in specific relation to the media and the impact of violence on children, Banduras work is illuminating in that it provides an understanding of the fundamental processes
which allow people to develop a sense of personal control and self-efficacy which motivates them to accomplish specific tasks (Engler, 2001). Bandura points out that the emotions an individual
experiences over a particular tasks can be predictors of their ability to accomplish that task. People who have established high self-efficacies for a particular goal or tasks are more
likely to carry out those goals and tasks. If we equate the desensitization and familiarity which occurs with repeated exposure to violence on television to self-efficacy, it is easy
to see how those depictions of violence could actually inspire violence. The work of another theorist, Jean Piaget, could be turned to the
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