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EFFECTS OF MEDIA VIOLENCE ON CHILDREN

The media can have a powerful influence on young, impressionable children. Growing up in the United States, a predominately richer country, most families own television sets and radios. Many children choose to spend their free time watching or listening to music on iPods or mp3 players. However, many lyrics and television programs are violent, and over the years media violence has changed for the worse. Various studies "have found that children may become ‘immune’ to the horror of violence; gradually accept violence as a way to solve problems; imitate the violence they observe on television; and identify with certain characters, victims and/or victimizers" (Szaflik 1). The media’s use of violence as a form of entertainment has had a negative affect on our society by desensitizing people, especially young kids, to violent behavior and bringing out aggressive behavior, attitudes, and values.
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