|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 31 - 40 of 2466 matching essays
- 31: The Effects Of Television Viol
- What has the world come to these days? It often seems like everywhere one looks, violence rears its ugly head. We see it in the streets, back alleys, school, and even at home. The last of these is a major source of violence. In many peoplesΥ living rooms there sits an outlet for violence that often goes unnoticed. It is the television, and the children who view it are often pulled into its realistic world of violence scenes with sometimes devastating results. Much research has gone into showing ...
- 32: Violence on Television
- Violence on Television The context in which most violence is presented on television poses risks for viewers. The majority of programs analyzed in this study contain some violence. But more important is the contextual pattern in which most violence is shown. The risks of viewing the most common depictions of televised violence include learning to behave violently, becoming more desensitized to the ...
- 33: Violence: Children Who Own The Streets
- Violence: Children Who Own The Streets There are many problems facing today's society. One of the problems is the violent condition that surrounds the lives of children in America. We are awarded of the violence among our juveniles because we read, hear and see it. The newspapers, magazines, news media, and our neighborhoods testify the living proof of the chaos. Everyone tries to find explanations of the causes and consequences of street violence and other aspects of the turbulent lives of young people. Yet, the problem facing our juveniles will not be solved over night. But that's not a reason enough to ignore the problem. It ...
- 34: Cartoon Violence
- ... The Coyote gets run over all the time, it's funny." I then explained to her that when cars hit people, many times the get hurt very badly. Before one can understand how harmful cartoon violence can be to children, one must understand how easily children are exposed to cartoon violence. The average child spends twenty-eight hours each week watching television, and fifty-four percent of children have televisions in their bedrooms (Huesmann and Eron 13). These facts alone set the stage for exposure. Also, almost half of all television violence is in cartoons (14). In fact, Saturday morning cartoons alone feature thirty-two acts of violence per hour. Considering that cartoons rarely show the long-term effects of violence and that two-thirds of ...
- 35: The Effect of Viewing Television Violence on Childhood Aggression
- The Effect of Viewing Television Violence on Childhood Aggression Abstract There is a great deal of speculation on the effect television plays in childhood aggression. Two contrasting views regarding this issue are violent television increases aggressive behavior and violent television does ... tend to watch more violent television. Over the years there has been a large amount of research published, many with conflicting results, to the question of a causal link existing between the viewing of televised violence and childhood aggression. It is an important question because if violent television is linked to childhood aggression we need to adapt our television shows accordingly. Early 1960's Research There is earlier research, but the ... et al. 1963a). These results add to the conclusion that viewing violent television produces aggressive behavior. But, in Banduras next experiment he begins to question if other factors are involved in the relationship between televised violence and aggression. His subjects are divided into three groups, model-reward, model-punished, and control. All view an aggressive filmed model with a task appropriate ending. The results show mere exposure to modeling stimuli ...
- 36: Parental Guidance Against Television Violence
- Parental Guidance Against Television Violence Recent studies have shown that violent television programs negatively affect children who view them. According to APA Public Communications, "psychological research has shown three major effects" that television violence has on children. These major effects are as follows: (1) Children may become less sensitive to the pain and suffering of others, (2) Children may be more fearful of the world around them, and (3) Children may be more likely to behave in aggressive or harmful ways toward others. ("Violence") Do parents want their children growing up in fear or behaving aggressively towards others because of the violence their children have seen on TV? Today the television sends the message to children that violence ...
- 37: Television Violence
- Television Violence Does entertainment influence societys attitude towards violent behavior? In order to fully answer this question we must first understand what violence is. Violence is the use of ones powers to inflict mental or physical injury upon another, examples of this would be rape or murder. Violence in entertainment reaches the public by way of television, movies, ...
- 38: Domestic Violence
- By: Robina A. Mustafa Domestic Violence Domestic Violence towards women is one of the problem in the United States that is usually over looked and almost always not noticed by today's society. Violence is defined by the Riverside Webster's Dictionary as: 1. Physical force employed so as to damage or injure. 2. As an instance of violent action. If this is the case than why is ...
- 39: The Effects of television Violence on Children
- The Effects of television Violence on Children What has the world come to these days?. It often seems like everywhere one looks, violence rears its ugly head. We see it in the streets, back alleys, school, and even at home. The home is a major source of violence. In many peoples living rooms there sits an outlet for violence that often goes unnoticed. It is the television, and the children who view it are often pulled into its realistic world of ...
- 40: Violence In Schools
- Violence In Schools Thesis Statement Violence in schools has spread widely throughout the nation. This has caused many problems among students, families, faculty of schools, and residents of the areas. In my paper I will discuss the reasons why violence in schools exists and what could or "should" be done about it. Corey Herzlich Ms. Keoughan English 9R: Per. 4 June 5,1996 Violence In Schools Violence in schools has spread widely throughout the ...
Search results 31 - 40 of 2466 matching essays
|
