Does Tv Cause Violence

Does Tv Cause Violence

Children love to watch TV.   Practically, every American home has at least one television where people pine over their favorite soaps, sitcoms, and sports by watching far too much Television.   Most people living in modern countries spend more time watching TV over the course of a lifetime than they do exercising, cooking, traveling or attending school.   This common behavior which sometimes becomes obsessive by itself, is often wrongly implicated in the increasing wave of violence, namely in schools, churches and youth gatherings.   Some children tend to watch more television than adults and some studies argue that the effect that TV violence is having on children is what is causing many kids to engage in violent behaviors.   On the other hand, many other studies would, no doubt, prove that there is little connection between kids and TV violence, rather the reasonable cause of violence is simply violence.
Another great modern pastime is committing acts of violence that one could only dream of by watching too much TV.   But, violence has been exhibited by humans since before fire was discovered.   Not to mention, there are plenty of comedy / variety shows on television and not everyone thinks they are a comedian either.   Humans show violent behavior notably throughout history, just as animals kill to eat and survive.   Children mainly enjoy watching shows geared towards children.   If parents are diligent that kid’s TV choices are supervised, the chance of a child being influenced to commit a violent act by mimicking TV becomes even more far fetched. The U.S. government forms congressional sub-committees, and focus groups, and funded institutions in order to study the effects of TV violence on the behavior of children.   Other sociological factors that seem to be more obvious and psychologically plausible are often ignored by overly paid for studies that fail to prove.    
For example, the current human condition is as good and as bad as it has ever been.   Modern...