Essay - Effects of Viewing Violence in the Media on Children's Behavior...

Effects of Viewing Violence in the Media on Children's Behavior

PURPOSE/THEORY

***** study will focus on ***** relationship between viewing violence in the media and children's behavior. Specifically, this study ***** address the context in which violent images are portrayed and how those images affect long term behavioral development in children. My hypothesis is that ***** behavior is influenced not only by the amount of violence they view regularly, but also ***** the ***** in ***** they view violent behavior. Secondarily, I hypothesize that ***** violence affects children in a negative manner.

I feel that currently the ***** lacks sensitivity of approach and portrays overly violent images that children readily have access to. Th***** ***** is unique in ***** I predict specifically that ***** ***** ***** an "acceptable" context, meaning that the victim does ***** exhibit pain or ***** perpetrator ***** not punished, is by far more damaging than any other violence portrayed. By far the biggest ***** of violence portrayal in the media ***** television. Children are most likely to be *****fluenced at a younger age by what they see on ***** and in the *****. Part of *****ir developmental process involves taking in their envir*****ment and shaping their values, *****liefs ***** morals on the things ***** see in every day life.

***** children ***** more ***** than adults to be influenced by violent images they see on television *****cause they learn from visual cues and repetition. They will have a more difficult time sep*****rating fact ***** fiction, and may draw conclusions that ***** and aggression are ***** forms of ***** without dire consequence, based on what they see in the media.

Many ***** programs and o*****r media venues such as cinema and radio often portray violence in an acceptable, if ***** positive light. Children ***** nature learn from imitation, exposure and experience. Children who ***** their favorite action heroes committing acts of ***** and aggression in the media are more likely to act out on ***** own violent and aggressive impulses. Children also have less ability ***** control their impulses.

PROBLEM STATEMENT/HYPOTHES*****S

This dissertation ***** focus on two central questions: First, ***** the context in which violence is portrayed in the ***** affect children? Studies *****dicate ***** children are ***** likely to be influenced by ***** they see in the media than adults (BBG, 1997). The second question will focus on whe*****r violence in the media has a ***** term neg*****tive impact on *****. Spec*****ically, this study will exam*****e violence in the ***** and its effects on elementary aged school children ***** adolescents. I intend ***** explore in detail ***** ***** ***** that television ***** has on children's tendencies to demonstrate ***** and aggressive behaviors.

***** Hypothesis: There is no statistical evidence that proves that the context ***** ***** violence is portrayed in the media affects children's behavior in the short ***** or long term.

***** Hypo*****sis: ***** is statistical evidence that indicates ***** the context in which ***** is portrayed in the media ***** children. ***** *****