TV VIOLENCE

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TV Violence

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TV Violence

Introduction

The excessive presence of television and video games in the children and adolescents ' lives is apparent . Statistical research suggests that children spend most of their free time in front of the TV screen instead of communicating with other children or reading books Television has already become a social condemnation and can be fairly regarded as the plague of the 21st century . With the emergence of the new television culture , the negative

impact of television on children and adolescents has become the subject of primary concern . The standards of violence popularized by media in general and television , in particular , produce serious and at times , irreversible impacts on the human psyche . These changes are particularly dangerous for children with their emotional and mental state being extremely vulnerable to external influences . Now , when parents are too busy to monitor their children 's activity , and when TV sets have turned into an affordable way to keep a child at home , researchers and psychology professionals voice alarm about the potential contribution continuous television watching could make into the development of anti-social behaviors in adolescents and children

Certainly , we cannot completely avoid watching television . Television is the inevitable and probably , an essential component of the child 's and adolescent 's socialization . Simultaneously , nothing can be more dangerous to the stability of relationships between the child and the society , than television . The impact of television on violent behaviors and children 's...