hildren. Children have come to justify their own behavior through the scenes of violence and negativity involved in television programming. The recent report by the American Psychological Association Task Force on Television and Society (Huston, et al., 1992) adds: "...the behavior patterns established in childhood and adolescence are the foundation for lifelong patterns manifested in adulthood" (Huston,et,al., 1992:57).CONCLUSIONThe most recent summary released in August, 1993 of the American Psychological Association Commission on Violence and Youth: Violence and Youth, Psychology’s Response, confirms the findings noted above and reaffirms the need to consider ways to reduce the level of violence in all media. (APA, 1993:77-78). In conclusion we should remember that although the media certainly has a lot to answer for, it is important to remember that not everything that comes through the TV is bad. Rather, it is overuse and generally a careless attitude by adults that so often leads to regrettable results....
