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The effect of TV violence on young people
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The effect of TV violence on young people In this essay I will assess whether violence on television causes violence in society. This is such a common claim that most people believe that it simply must be true. However there is no proof although some sociologists suggest that there is a relationship between the two. Teenagers are constantly being bombarded with so-called 'parental warnings' and 'film certificates' which intend to provide us with guidance on what we should and should not be watching, if it be on the box or at the cinema. Many politicians try to convince us that television is bad for us, a device which 'corrodes the moral values of society and corrupts children with relentless images of violence'. Is this a fair and accurate statement? Or merely a harsh and unfair account of what TV provides us with? 52 % of children aged 5-17 spend...
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