“It has been calculated that American kids see about 200,000 acts of violence and 25,000 murders on TV by the time they reach age 18.”(Schleifer 18) Arrests of people under the age of 18 for violent crimes rose 47 percent from 1988 to 1992. (Miller 174) The American Medical Association conducted a study that found a direct relationship between viewing and homicide. (Miller 176) Does watching this kind of overexposure of violence have a significant effect on children and teenagers?” The answer is yes! …showed first 75 words of 1072 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1072 total…that it'’ ok to hurt people. The media has sent this message that using violence is an acceptable way of solving problems. This has showed that media violence can have nothing but a negative effect on children. “Our values, the principles by which we conduct our lives, are determined by all the things that influence us as we are growing up.”(Miller 56) “ The main point is, television is a teacher-either by design of default.”(Miller 65)