Mr. Hapkiewitz did another experiment that dealt with the relationship of television violence and violent behavior of children. The experiment was a group of children was sent to watch the segments of the show The Untouchables, while the other children watch a track race. After the kids had watched both shows, they were put together in a room. One experiment had a young child watch a model that tortures a plastic blow up doll. The conclusion of that experiment was the child was more aggressive and acted violent to the other children. The result of the experiment was that the children who saw the violent show wanted to hurt the other children. Ross Parke and his colleagues did an experiment that showed American and Belgian teenage boys acted violently after watching aggressive television shows and movies. As a result of the experiments, that one can have aggressive behavior after watching televised violence (Murray, 1994).
How can a parent stop the violence that is seen on television or stop their children from watching violence? Parents can easily stop their children from watching violence on the television. One method is to turn the television off when there is no need for it to be on. A parent can keep a watch of their children?s viewing habits (?Movies,? 2000). Instead of letting their children watch television, parents can read books or tell stories to their children (Johnson, 1999). An easier way for parents to stop their children from watching violence is to block out certain channels and place their television in a less noticeable spot (?Movies,? 2000). Parents can substitute the television by doing fun activities (Peterson, 1997). Parents can reduce television violence by boycotting and writing letters to television programmers.
In conclusion, television violence does affect the minds of children and young adults. The researches and studies help prove that television violence does affect minds of kids and young adults; in addition, the experiments produce clearly good evidence about television violence. The bad news is that television violence cannot be stop because it sells. Television violence is pure entertainment for the people that don?t have any order in their life. A show that produces a good amount of extreme violence usually has all the ratings. However, parents can take control of their T.V. and do types of prevention of having violence on their television.
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Josephson, W.L. (1995, February). Television violence: A review of the effects on children of different ages. Children?s Entertainment. Retrieved November 1, 2000 from the World Wide Web http://www.nisbett.com/child-ent/television_violence.htm
Movies, TV, Videos. (2000). Local Mom.com. Retrieved November 1, 2000 from the World Wide Web http://www.parenting-qa.com/cgi-bin/detail/moviestvvideos/research/
Murray, J. (1994, Summer). The impact of televised violence. Hofstra Law Review. Retrieved November 1, 2000 from the World Wide Web http://www-communication.ucsd.edu/tlg/123/murray.html
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