Violence on Television

The Power Rangers, Batman and Robin, and the six O’clock news; what do all these television programs have in common? They all show violence on television which children tend to imitate. What children observe on television is not beneficial to their lives. They cannot determine if this imitated behavior is right or wrong. Violence on television displays wrong doing to children and infers that the actions characters perform are allowed in society. This is …

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