Violence In Television Programs

Part I of Essay
In today’s modern world, children have access to many different forms of stimuli. Some of which are positive and some are negative. Television is a vary persuasive presence in children’s lives. They spend many hours every week watching it, although patterns of viewing a ....

Part II of Essay
.... who they are trying to imitate, they often respond with the words " Power Rangers" . Many television programs contain violence portrayed in ironic contexts. For example heroic "good-guy" characters commit aggression, consequences of violence are unseen, and aggression goes unpunished or seems justified. For example, one cartoon featured four heroes who used their superior strength to beat up villains who were trying to freeze the world. The villains escape unscathed. The heroes congratulated each other. Young children are unable t ....