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The ever-increased violence with children is attributed to the rise of violent television and computer games.
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The ever-increased violence with children is attributed to the rise of violent television and computer games. The view, 'There is a direct correlation between the increasing violence from children and the rise of violence in Video games and more frequent violence on Television' is now gaining support among a lot of people in society. To see if this statement is false I am going to investigate through Functionalist ideas and see if this form of socialisation has a place in modern day culture. I came to have an interest in this after finding that so far Sociologists who have tackled the issue have not proved this theory right, however it has not been disproved. My focal point, and opening study, is the Newson Report (1994). Newson researched whether video violence is a factor influencing violence in children. This research followed the trial of two ten year olds for the murder of...
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