Violence in television

What has the world come to these days? It often seems like everywhere one looks, violence rears its ugly head. We see it in the streets, back alleys, school, and even at home. The last of these is a major source of violence. In many peoples' living rooms there sits an outlet for violence that often goes unnoticed. It is the television, and the children who view it are often pulled into its realistic world …showed first 75 words of 1175 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1175 total…casual relationship between television viewing and aggressive behaviour in children. In other research among British children it was discovered that aggression, academic problems, unpopularity with peers and violence feed off each other. This promotes violent behaviour in the children . The child watches violence which causes aggression. The combination of aggression and continued television viewing lead to poor academic standings as well as unpopularity. These can cause more aggression and a vicious cycle begins to spin.