dren watched far more television than their farmland counterparts. However, both groups of children were just as likely to choose a violent program to watch when watching television. The city children had a greater tendency to regard violent television programs as accurate reflections of real life than the farm children. Likewise, the city boys identified most with characters from violent programs than did those living on the farms (Huesmann 166). The government also did research in this area. They conducted an experiment where children were left alone in a room with a monitor playing a videotape of other children at play. Soon, things got "out of hand" and progressive mayhem began to take place. Children who had just seen commercial violence accepted much higher levels of aggression than other children. The results were published in a report. "A Sergon General's report found some preliminary indications of a casual relationship between television viewing and aggressive behavior in children'" (Langone 50). In other research among U.S. children it was discovered that aggression, academic problems, unpopularity with peers and violence feed off each other. This promotes violent behavior in the children (Huesmann 166). The child watches violence which causes aggression. The combination of aggression and continued television viewing lead to poor academic standings as well as unpopularity. These can cause more aggression and a vicious cycle begins to spin. In yet another piece if research children who watch a lot of violent television were compared to children who don't. The resultswere that the children who watched more violent television were more likely to agree that "it's okay to hit someone if you're mad at them for a good reason." The other group learned that problems can be solved passively, through discussion and authority (Cheyney 46). The most important aspect of violence in television is preventing it. T...
