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             In studying how much violence in the media actually does influence behavior it is best to start with the influence that it has on infants and adolescents. There have been a series of studies conducted on young infants in the last couple of decades. In these studies there have been many interesting facts that show how much children are influenced by the things they see others doing. In this case it shows how much television influences children to imitate what they are seeing. In a study conducted by Andrew Meltzoff, he found that... "Fourteen-month-old infants can watch an unfamiliar toy being dismantled and reassembled on television and repeat the actions twenty-four hours later"(Hattemer, 1994, 63).
             Growing up children learn how to do things by imitating the actions of others. "The process of imitation was emphasized in the social learning theory brought about by Bandura" (Felson, 1996, 2). It is difficult for a child at a young age to make distinctions between the reality and the fantasies of their actions. Children are
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