Studies Fail to Prove a Direct Link to Violence in Television Causing Real-Life Violence.
Date Submitted: 10/16/2004 05:26:48
Category: / Social Sciences / Communication Studies
Length: 11 pages (3035 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Communication Studies
Length: 11 pages (3035 words)
Studies Fail to Prove a Direct Link to Violence in Television Causing Real-Life Violence
Many people believe that the violence in today's world is a direct link to the violence seen on television. If this were true everyone would be violent. Nearly every home in America owns a television, and many spend several hours a day watching it. Yet, they do not become violent; it is only a selected few in retrospect. The television industry …
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