ild may: become immune to the horror of violence, gradually accept violence as a way to solve problems, imitate violence they observe on television, and identify with certain characters, victims, or victimizers. In 1994, Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders said, "By portraying violence as the normal means of conflict resolution, the media gives youth the message that violence is socially acceptable and the best way to solve problems. After ten years of research, we know that a correlation exists between violence on television and aggressive behavior in children. Lastly, the message that we get from the media is that killing is the route of greatness. Therefore, killing is the children's route of fame." It is thought by many that television is the leading factor in the violence and aggression that many children display in today's world. During the past few years, there have been countless cases of children acting out with violence because of the media.
             One of the early field-experiments in 1972 conducted by Stein and Friedrich for the Surgeon General's project dealt with 97 preschool children with a programming of either antisocial, prosocial, or neutral television prog
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