The new digital revolution gives children access to much information, including information that is certainly inappropriate for a child. Teens may now access all forms of violence, even the ability to witness or even participate in "virtual murders- in subtle form of games. Such violent and morally wrong information has even become part of mainstream culture; an action show with mortal conflict driving the plot is totally accepted without a second glance from both teens as well as adults (Leland 523-527). Many children spend much of their waking hours in front of a television set and because of the content, a child will most likely witness some terrible act of violence prevalent in today's television syndication. This act is staggering to think about, but what does seeing these images actually do to a child? Many reports on the issue have been made and most of the results of these studies have been inconclusive. Many studies simply conclude that seeing these images will make the child more aggressive for the time being. But, does that mean that as a result the child will go out and murder someone? Some people think so because they believe that aggression will make a child hurt someone else. Often when a seemingly senseless violent crime is committed by a youth, the blame gets laid on television or movies or video games, simply because they are a source of violence--and many people believe that media violence will beget real life violence. Most everyone remembers the highly publicized and ultimately sorrowful event that occurred during the afternoon of April 20, 1999. Littleton, Colorado was devastated when events in Columbine High School left twenty-three people wounded and fifteen people dead, including the two supposedly "unstable- gunmen, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. In the blaze of events afterwards, every possible source to explain the reason for such violence was analyzed; among the most highly criticized include family responsibility, gun laws, and game violence.
