blog writing #media violence in usa

A concern has been raised over increased violence among children in the United States. As a result of this, there has been continued speculation over the main cause of this behavior. Questions on whether children’s exposure to media violence correlates to the child’s aggressive behavior have been raised and therefore studies have been carried out to affirm this speculation. Some studies show that there is a correlation between children’s behavior and exposure to media violence, while others depict that there is no correlation between children’s behavior and exposure to media violence. In order to explain the assumption “Media Violence affects children’s behavior” as stated by Browne, Kevin, and Catherine, a learning approach should be utilized (Browne, Kevin, and Catherine 702-710). Media that presents a lot of shows having some sort of violence for instance wrestling, violent video games, and many other forms of violence. With such exposure to media violence, children will tend to imitate such violence and try them when alone or with their peers as shown in the learning approach. According to the study carried out by Huston et al in the year 1991, a child would have witnessed around 200,000 violent acts once he/she turns 18 on television shows and about 40,000 murders in media (Huston). Similarly, the Kaiser Family foundation depicts that 8-14 years old children utilize most of their time interacting with computers, watching televisions, and playing game consoles than any other activity in their lives except sleeping (Roberts).