On average, children watch about three to four hours of television per day or approximately 28 hours every week that is equivalent of having a part time job. ... Each year, children spend about 1,500 hours in front of the television, compared to the 900 hours they spend at school [ CITATION Sal04 l 1033 ]. ... There is an average of five violent acts per hour on prime-time television compared to the twenty-six acts of violence that happen every hour a child watches Saturday morning children's television. ...

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They should also limit exposure of media to one to two hours per day. ... He states that, "Television programs display, on average, eight to twelve acts of violence per hour. ... Parents should also limit screen time to one to two hours per day. ...

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Studies have demonstrated that kids who spend long hours on playing video games perform weaker in school (Anderson & Bushman.) ... "About 10% of children aged 2 to 18 play console and computer video games more than 1 hour per day. Among 8 to 13 year old boys, the average is more than 7.5 hours per week" (Anderson and Bushman). ... Only Imagine the physically, verbally and mentally effect that 8 hours per week of violence will manage to produce on children. ... His parents later on prohibited him from the game after playing 18 hours straight and locked the game in a lockbox where a gun was al...

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The effects of media violence on children and teenagers" behavior Technological advances continue to change the way we communicate and interact with others. Hundreds of studies point out overwhelming evidence of how children and teenagers become immune to the horror of violence coming from the m...

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Promotions such as Happy Hours' further enhance the risk of violence or disorder. ... She suggests that the avoidance of happy hours and the provision of meals will also reduce incidents. ... The burden that alcohol-related violence places on staff was highlighted in November 2000 when a summit was held by health professionals complaining at the lack of a National Alcohol Strategy who highlighted:- • Four out of five attendances at Accident & Emergency departments during peak hours are alcohol-related. ... The Governments white paper Time For Reform' has suggested that cha...

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The average weekly viewing time has increased annually in American households, from 43 hours in the early seventies to 50 hours in the mid-nineties (Buchanan). ... For many parents, realizing that their child spends more hours a week watching television than attending school, playing with other children, or in any other activity except sleep is enough to raise concern. ... Parents should monitor their children's viewing choices, limit the total amount of viewing time to no more that 2 hours a day and if necessary, parents should obtain devices to block unauthorized television viewing. ...

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There is an average of twenty-two per cent decrease in assaults per hour of restriction (Kypri, McElduff & Miller, 2014). ... Their studies showed that for each hour that the closing time was extended, violent assaults significantly increased by 4.8 cases per 100,000 inhabitants per quarter. This is a 16% increase in violence for every hour closing time is extended by. ... One case involving an alcohol related injury often causes six hours of severe disruption in the ED. ...

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Unfortunately, the television is also unhealthy because it allows children abandon enriching activities such as athletics and reading, in order to waste hours eatting junk food in front of a television set. ...

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Every year approximately 683,000 adult woman are raped, according to The National Woman Studies, 1990. Every hour 78 women are raped, and every minute 1.3 rapes occur on adult woman. Not only are women victims of alleged rape, men and children also experience rape. There is rape harassment ever...

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Television used to put restrictions on what can be viewed during daytime hours (7AM-8PM), and what can only be viewed during nighttime hours (8PM-3AM), while the rest of the television programming was infomercials. ...

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Television used to put restrictions on what can be viewed during daytime hours (7AM-8PM), and what can only be viewed during nighttime hours (8PM-3AM), while the rest of the television programming was infomercials. ...

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Media Censorship Censorship of the media is a hotly contested topic. The public has declared that there is excessive violence portrayed on television and that this violence ultimately negatively affects viewers, especially children. Censorship is the regulation and control of information an...

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Recent studies have shown that the average American child spends approximately four to five hours a day hypnotized in television programs full of violent content (Hepburn 244). ... Many who reject television violence are persuaded that the violence shown on several programs has actually increased for example, air time for war cartoons jumped from approximately two hours per week in the mid-eighties to forty-three hours a week in the early nineties (Gogna n.pag.). ...

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According to a study conducted by researcher Jeanne Funk, out of three hundred and fifty-seven seventh and eighth grade students, thirty-six percent of the males studied played video games between one to two hours a week, while twenty-nine percent played video games between three and six hours per week. Forty-two percent of the females studied played video games between one and two hours a week, while fifteen percent played video games for three to six hours per week. ...

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There were 11, 766 American women killed during 2001-2012 verses 6,488 American troops killed in the Afghanistan and Iraq war. (Vagianos 2014). Although domestic violence is an epidemic; once you recognize the signs of domestic violence and those abused, we can better understand why Domestic Viol...

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Good morning Ladies and Gentleman. Today, I want to discuss with you the Gerard Baden-Clay murder trial and how it has revealed a great injustice within the Australian legal system. On the april 20th, 2012 Allison Baden-Clay was reported missing by Queensland Federal police, after her husband, gera...

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School shootings, bullying, and violence are commonplace today, but what is causing all this madness? Violent video games are the cause of this lawlessness. Violent video games teach that violence is an acceptable conflict-solving strategy and an appropriate way to achieve one's goals. Violent video...

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LITTERATURE REVEVIEW Cultivation theory claims that television cultivates a view of reality that is not consistent with actual reality but is perceived as reality. In other words people seem to believe that television represents real life. This is especially true in the case of heavy viewers of ...

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Ralph Baer could not possibly have anticipated the cultural phenomenon video games would become when he created "Odyssey" in 1972, the first home video game console. It was Baer, working for Magnavox, who first released video games to the public, beginning what is a multi-billion dollar industry thirty-five years later.With technological advancement, games have become increasingly intricate, requiring greater mental dexterity of the player. Contrary to many parents' expectations, video games are no longer, and one must question if they ever were, just for kids. Today, game companie...

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Vandalizing stores or harassing police officers is much easier during nighttime hours and illegal activities are more common at these times. ... Pain can last anywhere from several minutes to several hours but there is no long term damage done to the eyes, nose, or throat. ...

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In a society that is conquered by television, movies, billboards, commercials, video games and the Internet, the influence media has on today's youth is substantial. Along with the convenient accessibility of technology, media violence is universal. Consequently, children nowadays are exposed to vio...

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Media surrounds us, more than ever in the 21st century. To the point where we as a society can agree that it influences us if consumed on a regular basis. Most of the time we do consume it, consistently, whether it be audibly or visually. Media outlets, such as music, movies, video games, television...

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When an innocent child sits down to play a video-game like "James Bond, 007" or "Grand Theft Auto" on his Nintendo64 or Play Station, he will spend the next several hours beating upon and shooting characters, not to mention witnessing extremely graphical death scenes full of blood and guts. ...

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Many television programs involve substantial amounts of violence in one form or another that causes people to think that television is the cause of violence in today's youth. Many question whether television disturbs the minds of adolescent children who cannot yet comprehend the truth of fiction an...

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THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF MUSIC ON YOUTHS Many youths get easily influenced during adolescence. Music is highly influential can create negative impacts on youths. Constant exposure to negative issues such as sex, drugs and violence can lead to undesirable behaviors. Thus, youths imitate these negat...

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