Mass media such as newspapers, books, magazines, and movies have been criticized as the cause of violence in society. Television has had the most research done as the cause of violence. The pictures viewed by billions of people throughout the world are processed in different ways. Most people just pass them off as make-believe and go on with their life. On the other hand others process these images as real life and tend to imitate the characters' actions. As a result many people commit violent acts against others imitating the actions shown on television. This is why television violence is an influence on real life violence.
             The critique offered by Cumberbatch has been applied were relevant and his views on some major problems evident in research in this field are also highlighted. The question is whether these generalized lab finding can be equated with real life. The experiments done in this field are controlled. They do not correlate with real life problems. While these experiments support the argument, many do not live up to good research. Cumberbatch (1989) examined the main methodological problems he felt were evident in many major studies of the relationship between television violence and aggression.
             Many studies have been done suggesting that violence on television does, in fact, influence the behavior of children. If one were to ask a child what is their favorite television show is, very often the child will respond with a television show that contains a lot of violence. For example, "Hercules" and "Zena. Warrior Princess" seem to have become role models worthy of imitation by children. One simply can walk through a playground during recess to see these children portraying their favorite violent characters. This aggressive behavior is further demonstrated in classrooms and in the home. What is seen as playing "make believe" is really a demonstration of aggressive behavior as a result of watching violence on tele...