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... Imagining a life without television, radio, magazines, books, and the Internet would seem impossible for many. ... For that reason I have chosen to narrow down my discussion into a smaller scope: the impact of television violence on our children. ...
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry states that American children watch an average of three to four hours of television daily.1 This is quite an alarming statistic because television and film producers often include violence on their programs to satisfy the demand of their audience. ... For example, the television series, Star Trek, have achieved great distinction and scores of humanization awards without involving gratuitous violence.
The Star Trek writer, Gene Roddenberry, said during testimony before the congress that television is the most dangerous force in the world today. Considering the amount of violence displayed on television today, I think there is a lot of truth in this statement. Hence, television censorship is necessary to protect our children because violence on television actually increases the aggressiveness of children, it affects children’s characters and behaviors, it desensitizes children from the horror of violence, and it makes children more likely to accept violence as a way to solve problems.
Approximate Word count = 853
Approximate Pages = 3.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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