Linking Media Violence and Negative Behavior Essay -- Argumentative Pe

  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   Many Americans feel that the viewing of violence in the media reinforces negative behavior in society, especially among children and young adults. "Three thousand studies have been done since 1955 on the link between television and violence; 2,980 of them found a correlation between the two.   We hear little about that because we get most of our news from television" (Peterson).   With this much research one must acknowledge that there is a problem in America involving sex and violence in the media.   We cannot blame all societal problems on the media and its portrayal of these issues, but we can become educated, ourselves, in order to better facilitate the healthy lives of our children. "We, as a society, did this to ourselves," said psychologist Dr. David Walsh, executive director of clinics and systems operations for Fairview Behavioral Services in Minneapolis. "Violence grabs the headlines, but violence itself is a result of a society that promotes selfishness, greed and instant gratification" (Peterson).   Violence on public television often catches us in a serious debate.   Concerned parents fear that viewing inappropriate images presented by the media will corrupt America's youth.   They cringe at the idea of our nation's children growing up to be vicious killers due to the brutal violence often seen on TV.   Some blame television for most, if not all, of the ills of society and its children.   "Truly it accounts for about 10 percent of violence, which means that 90 percent is caused by other things," Leonard Eron says.   "Violence is a multi-determined behavior. It's caused by genetic, biological, physiological, macroeconomic and macrosocial facto rs, all of which can account for some part of the variance."   Understanding... ...http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/violence.html "Media Violence Chronology."   [Online] http://www.cfc-efc.ca/docs/00001061.htm Mortimer, Jeff.   "The 'V-Chip' and TV Violence."   [Online] http://www.umich.edu/~newsinfo/MT/96/Jun96/mta14j96.html Murray, John P. "Children And Television Violence." [Online] http://www.ksu.edu/humec/kulaw.htm Peterson, Patricia.   "Are We Selling Out Our Children's Minds?".  Ã‚   [Online] http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/Media/tvviol.html Redfern, Michael G.  Ã‚   "Youth Need Help to Process Messages of Sex and Violence."   [Online]   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚   http://www.mediaawareness.ca/eng/med/class/support/mediacy/violence/mediavi.htm Run, Alvin B.   [Online] http://guide.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/ Talbot-Allan, Laura M.   "Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunication Commission."   [Online] http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/gov/crtc/crtc.htm