Does the violence in films and on TV contribute to violence

             Does the violence in films and on TV contribute to violence in society?
             Although most people look at television as an entertaining and educational way to spend time, some people think there is too much violence in television and that is influencing our young into becoming aggressive in nature and to tolerate violence. Now scientists have discovered that all the violence in television can in fact mold a young innocent person into becoming a monster right under our eyes, just by watching television. It might sound crazy, but when you think about it, it is not. Most people like the thrill of violence. Why do you think "Natural Born Killers" and "Friday the 13th" were so popular? What do you think goes through children's mind when the bad guy is shot dead by the good guy and everyone applauds. He or she learns that it's fine to hurt someone as long as they are bad, so if Cousin Joey takes my toy its O.K. to hit him because his bad. This type of behavior can produce a false idea in children's mind of how the real world deals with criminals.
             Acts of violence are committed everyday by High school and even Elementary school kids. Psychologists and Scientist have been trying to figure out what is causing these violent acts among our youths and how to stop it. They have been researching television violence and how it affects our children's behavior for many years and knows that the more violence a child watches the more violent that child reacts. Many of the
             research conducted, points at television violence as the primary influence in our children's aggressive behavior. Even though we also have to consider that other factors such as the child's environment contribute to its behavior we must not throw away the researchers' findings.
             They may never find all the answers, but scientist are trying to explain how television violence promotes children's aggressive behavior, that con...

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