For one thing its a very consistent finding that there's a strong relationship between exposure to violence in the media and violent behavior in children. While I'm not going to do the research for you, have a look at some of these articles I pulled up from scholar.google.com. Fair warning there are over 100, and the vast majority of them have found a positive correlation between exposure to violence in the media and violent behavior in children:
http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/82 Moreover the amount of time kids spend watching television and other media has considererably increased. According to the Nielsen Surveys, in 1998 kids under the age of 16 spends over 20 hours per week watching TV alone. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the conclusion here, as kids watch more and more TV they are exposed to more and more condoned and authorized violent behavior. For instance: one article I'm reading is a good review of the research, you can get it at http://www.lionlamb.org/research_articles/01C392.pdf to quote from the abstract: Impact of Media on Children and Adolescents: A 10-Year Review of the Research SUSAN VILLANI, M.D. ABSTRACT Objective: To review the research literature published within the past 10 years regarding the impact of media on children and adolescents. Method: Media categories researched with computer technology included television and movies, rock music and music videos, advertising, video games, and computers and the Internet. Results: Research prior to 1990 documented that children learn behaviors and have their value systems shaped by media. Media research since has focused on content and viewing patterns. Conclusions: The primary effects of media exposure are increased violent and aggressive behavior, increased high-risk behaviors, including alcohol and tobacco use, and accelerated onset of sexual activity. The newer forms of media have not been adequately studied, but concern is warranted through the logical extension of earlier research on other media forms and the amount of time the average child spends with increasingly sophisticated media. Journal of the American Academy of Childhood and Adolescence. Psychiatry, 2001, 40(4):392–401. I also found a very relevant article to the case in the Detroit Free Press: Emotionally Disturbed Children's Reactions to Violent Media Segments This study examined the reaction of children with a diagnosed disruptive behavior disorder (DBD) to violent movie scenes. Children without one of these disorders were tested as well. DBD children ranged in age from 8 to 12 years and were outpatients at The University of Kansas Medical Center's Department of Child Psychiatry. These children were diagnosed by a child psychiatrist as meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edition) (American Psychiatric Association 1994) (DSM-IV) diagnostic criteria for having at least one of three emotional disorders: attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), and conduct disorder (CD). Results showed that the disordered children differed from the nondisordered children on several dimensions. This suggests that DBD children process the anti-social messages in violent movies differently from children without a psychiatric disorder. An unabated diet of antisocial media could have harmful effects on children with a psychiatric illness. Journal of Health Communication 1997, vol 2, number 3, pp 157-168. larry On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 10:59:20 -0500, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How is the stuff on TV for kids these days worse than the westerns, war > flicks and looney tunes that I was fed as a kid? > > For example, the Tom and Jerry cartoons are extremely violent, and they revel > in the violence with no remorse. > > Certainly the Power Rangers Dino Thunder series is no worse. > > Jerry > > Jerry Johnson > Web Developer > Dolan Media Company > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/29/04 10:58AM >>> > > > well lets see, for most the family supports are not there in any way > like 60 years ago. The media has been filled with shows that > encourages and glorifies violence and anti-social behavior, and kids > watch over 60 hours per week of it on the average. On top of that we > have governments at the municipal, state and federal levels that have > been steadily cutting back on meaningful and empirically based > programs for family support and support for children and teens for > years, then substituting slogans and ideology in their place. And you > think that things aren't turning to shit? Hold on, its only going to > get a lot worse. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137987 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
