on estimates that each night 350 characters appear on prime time TV and that 7 of them are murdered. Medved carried out an analysis of all films released between 1980 and 1992. He found that ‘family’ oriented films earned more than twice as much on average as violent films. Yet violent films comprise over 60% of all films released. Medved states that “You cannot turn it off, the advertising is all about you and in the face of children. It is an ever-present background noise, just like cigarette advertising.” In conclusion, violence in television can have an astounding affect on our youth. We as parents must educate ourselves and play a pro-active role in the development of our children. Many have worked diligently to prove that violence in television has a direct impact on the way our children turn out when they grow up. On the other hand, other research has been done to prove that there is no proof that violence in television causes children to grow up and become criminals. After me to reading through some of the literature I have been astounded by the amount of violent activities found among young children. These stories have definitely influenced me to pay closer attention to what the children watch on television. I must also find a way to separate the real from the fiction and explain it to my children before they get to a stage in their life in which it will be hard to make them see that too much violence on television can have a profound affect on the rest of their life. ...
