Media Violence

Jarrod Pierce
Eng 131.001
4 August 2003
Media Violence
An issue that has many Americans in uproar is the possibility that aggressive behavior and destructive acts are caused from television violence. The battle for limiting television violence has been an issue since the 1970s. Evidence has shown that television violence has caused aggression in children and adults. Also this exposure to television violence has desensitized society to real-world violence, and alters youth’s perception of violence. Television violence should be limited because of the effects it has on America and the world.
Since 1946, when violence was first introduced, there were changes found in the behavior and perception of children and adults exposed to television violence. There is now solid evidence to suggest a relationship between exposure to violence on television and aggressive behavior. Researchers have found that children are more physically and verbally aggressive immediately after w...