refore, are left unchecked and out of line. In other research among U.S. children, it was discovered that aggression, academic problems, unpopularity with peers, and violence feed off each other. This promotes violent behavior in the children. A child watches violence without evening knowing that it could lead to aggression (Huesmann 166).
Many studies have taken place over the years to see to see effects on violence were. In a CNN News broadcast, Lisa Price and the Associated Press speak some studies. The first one was an eight-year by Doctor Brandon Centerwall of the University of Washington. Statistics from this study show that "long-term exposure of children to television violence has led to an increase of an extra ten thousand homicides a year in the U.S.. The American Medical Association found that violent crime between the years 1976 and 1992 among 13 and 17 year-old teenagers rose 106 percent, and the violence in the media had something to do with it (np).
Another study revealed that people... "are more prone to hold attitudes that favor violence and aggression as a way of solving conflicts." These viewers also tend to be less trusting of people and more prone to see the world as a hostile place. A Massachusetts study states, "There is a relationship between viewing media violence and the acceptance of sexual assault, violence and alcohol use. As a result, specific levels of
violence become more acceptable over time. Then, it takes more and more graphic violence to shock
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