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Media Violence

“TV Bloodbath”
A viewer watching TV last fall might have found a woman’s decapitated body hanging from a ceiling fan and a man with railroad spikes driven through his eye sockets on CSI or a deranged killer holding a knife to the neck of a kid at a birthday party, urging him to shoot his own mother with a gun on Criminal Minds (Eggerton). It is no secret that there are concerns about the impact of television violence on society. Over the years, TV viewers have examined the connection between media violence and violence in real-life. Six of the nation’s top public health organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, summarized their results in a joint statement. "The conclusion of the public health community, based on over 30 years of research, is that viewing entertainment violence can lead to increases in aggressive attitudes, values and behavior, particularly in children” (Violence on Prime Time Broadcast TV).
Concerns about media violence date back as......


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