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TV programs have a similar effect upon children.
Cartoons and child programming
get most of the attention under this issue because of the damage they can do
to the children, but also theatrical movies, and not prime-time series television,
bear much of the blame for TV?s blood-and-guts reputation. The UCLA Television
Violence Monitoring Report, as published by the September 20, 1995 edition
of the Boston Globe, stated that of 121 television series airing during the
1994-95 season, 10 were frequently violent or used violence in questionable
ways (Elber pg. 84).
Television and the American Child by George Comstock,
states on page 27, that the National Television Violence Study, which took
three years to finish, shows shocking information about what we are viewing
everyday. What the analysis of 2,693 television programs from 23 channels showed
is that a majority of programs contain what the researchers call “harmful violence.”
They found that in 73 percent of the scenes, the violence went unpunished.
In nearly half of the programs with slug-fests and shoot-outs, the victims
miraculously never appeared harmed. In 58 percent they showed no pain. In fact,
only 16 percent of the programs showed any long-term problems ? physical,
emotional
or financial. We must show the children that the things that the characters
do, do hurt people, and that violence is never the answer to any problem. We
must teach the next generation how to work out his or her problems with his
or her “enemy” by talking the problem out with the other, and compromising.
Another, more scientific, solution for the problem of violence on TV is the
V-chip, technology that would enable parents to block violent programming.
President Clinton said on the matter of the V-chip, as stated in the March
6, 1996 edition of the Boston Globe, “We?re handing the TV remote control back
to America?s parents so that they can pass on their values and protect their
children” (Jackson pg. 15).