It's hard to argue these findings, in my opinion. What I think is important though is the conclusion you draw from these reports. TV is just one of thousands of influencers in a child's life. As with all other influencers, both positive and negative, it is up to the parents to monitor their childrens' exposure to these influencers.
> For one thing its a very consistent finding that there's a strong > relationship between exposure to violence in the media and violent > behavior in children. While I'm not going to do the research for you, > have a look at some of these articles I pulled up from > scholar.google.com. Fair warning there are over 100, and the vast > majority of them have found a positive correlation between exposure to > violence in the media and violent behavior in children: > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/82 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137995 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54