Technology and Television

             Technology has created many good things for humanity such as cures for illnesses,
             ways to make transportation faster and many other things. Yet technology has also done
             harm to human culture, and it is easily spread to many people all over the world. This
             dark side is communication, either by television or radio, violence is spread everyday. The
             most affected are children because they are young, easily persuaded and their innocence
             can not distinguish right and wrong. Children tend to see violence as a "funny factor" and
             practice it not only at home but also in other places like school, playgrounds and stores.
             Children are more likely to be affected by cartoon violence. This is because in a
             cartoon a character can easily be destroyed and revived five minutes later with no serious
             injury. Not only do children think this is funny, but think it is true because no one tells
             them that it is make believe. Reports say that this might cause children to commit serious
             crimes because their is little or no consequence. (Official AAP website pg. 1) Violence is
             what sells these days from every day cartoons like Power Rangers to Pokemon, each show
             contains someone being seriously injured and in seconds being cured. Networks should
             explain to children that the acts of violence are made up: in a fun and simple way that they
             Television violence leads to many problems. CYFC stated in an article that "Just
             as children learn from their family they also learn from their super heroes. (Official CYFC
             Webpage pg. 1) children tend to become either fighters or victims and may encourage or
             provoke fights among friends. Many schools began to ban Pokemon trading cards not
             only because children did not pay attention in class, but because they would fight each
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