Television is an inescapable part of modern culture. We depend on television for entertainment, news, education, culture, weather, sports and music. However, with the explosion of satellite and digital channels, we now have access to a plethora of both good quality and inappropriate TV content. According to a study funded by the cable television industry, fifth-seven percent of television programs contain "psychologically harmful" violence (3). The risk of viewing the most common depiction of televised violence include learning to behave violently, become more desensitized to the harmful consequences of violence and becoming more fearful of being attacked. .
America has the largest crime rate in the world. Along with that crime rate is also the substantially high violence rate. Why? Why is violence becoming and everyday common happening in our society? When we flip on the television and tune into the news, the highlight of every show is somehow directly related or connected to violence. The children of America spend their time on many different activities. One of the most time consuming activities is watching television. Television plays a large role in the social and emotional development of children today. One good quality that television has is that it conveys information and happenings around the world that they may not otherwise know about, but some people have been questioning whether television does more harm than good. Many have been analyzing what affect violence in adult shows as well as children's shows may have on children. .
Most parents allow their children to watch so called "kid's shows" without even thinking about what might be contained within them. Most people would say "how can a cartoon affect a child?" At first it may seem that it has no effect, but it is easy to see that for example, Bugs Bunny has many human traits. Two of these traits are speaking English and walking upright.