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VIOLENCE ON TELEVISION This essay shall endeavour to critically examine the extent to which the current portrayal of violence on television is responsible for violent behaviour in society. Arguments both giving strength to the proposition and those against it shall be presented. Attention shall also be given to the way in which television is regulated, along with a comparison between UK and American case law. Concern that violence on television is harmful to individuals and only serves to encourage criminal tendencies and violence has been ongoing for many years. Back in 1964, the issue of programme standards on the television was brought to public attention when Mary Whitehouse launched the 'Clean-Up TV Campaign'. The campaign sought to remove the 'exhibitions of sex and violence' on television, with Mary Whitehouse asserting that: 'If violence is constantly portrayed as normal on the television screen, it will help to create a violent society'. Over...

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