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…to stop violence because delightful activities are limited - no more video games, no more long conversations with friends on the phone, no more parties to attend. The guilty have nothing to show for themselves; they are shameful and prideless individuals who…

…often fight each other and throw objects onto the field or ice. Sometimes even the players are the target of fan violence. Hockey has developed a reputation for being more violent than needed to play and win the game. A study conducted by the Texas…

…crime committed by none other than a corrupted juvenile who may have been influenced by the media. The latest depictions of rape, sex, murder, and crime displayed on video games, television, and movies are now violent crimes that American children…

…includes television, radio, the Internet, and video games. Studies have shown that viewing television violence has a clear influence on boys' violent behavior, even through adulthood. Centerwall's (1992) study involving the effect of television programs…

…different mediums of television portray negative stereotypes. My specific interest is in the contents of music videos. To gain a better understanding of the audience that is affected by television, one must look at who the majority of the viewers are. According…

…violence and violent tendencies in children is easily scrutinized. Maggie Cutler of The Nation argues that "there is no way, after all, to lock two clones in a black box, feed them different TV, movie and video-game diets and open the box years later…

…and less thinking and more and more watching, listening, and playing, all because of technology. Forms of entertainment like the Internet, television and even video games seem harmless to people, but they are really not. When the Internet was first introduced…

…that it must be the U.S.'s violent history. But that's not it. Moore reminds us of Germany and England's violent past, and yet, the amount of fatal shootings per year in those countries are among the lowest in the world. Is it violent movies or video games…

…children's minds, it's failing in spectacular fashion. Take the alleged curse of graphically violent video games, often marketed to the underage as innocent toys. This was once one of Bennett's hobbyhorses. In the wake of the Columbine shootings, he went…

…in violent youth to the increase of violence in the media. “If people are fed a daily diet of murder, crime and violence, many come to believe that sort of thing is normal” (Foegen). There is a common belief that television, films, video games, and even…