TV VIOLICNE ( supporting essay)

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29 March 2009

TV Violence

TITLE OF : The role of parents in mediating negative effects of TV violence on children

THESIS : By increasing daily control , reducing the time spent in front of TV screens , and informing children about the consequences of their violent behaviors , parents can significantly decrease the scope of negative effects which TV violence produces on children

TARGET AUDIENCE : University students and education professionals

INTRODUCTION

Television remains one of the essential drivers of violent behaviors in children

p TV violence produces a whole range of violent reactions in children from desensitization to overt aggressiveness

Despite the lack of empirical information , parents can play an increasingly important role in mediating and decreasing the negative effects of TV violence on children

BODY PARAGRAPH I

Television produces a whole range of cognitive effects on children

A . Desensitization

a . Desensitization is reported among the most common effects of TV violence on children 's behaviors

B . Brain activation as a result of direct exposure to TV violence

C . Emergence and development of violent behaviors in children

Understanding the cognitive effects which TV violence produces on children is critical to minimize the development of aggressive behaviors in children

BODY PARAGRAPH II

Children tend to display different attitudes toward TV violence

A . The negative effects of video games on children 's behaviors

a . Children are aware of the negative effects violent video games produce on their behaviors

B . Children 's attitudes toward violence in mass media

a . Children...