Tear gas flushes a gunman out of a house where he had been held up. He comes out shooting, then falls in a hail of bullets from the S.W.A.T team. A film of the shoot-out and removal of the gunman's body appear on the on the nightly news. Is this what children and teenagers should be watching? I didn't think so.
"So What's the most violent thing you've ever seen on television? .
A murder? .
An assassination? .
A deadly explosion? .
A war report on the nightly news? .
Whatever it was, the chances are, that image is etched in your memory. .
Now, we"re balanced young people. .
We know those images won't do us any harm. .
Or do we? .
Could it be that even well-balanced people like ourselves are somehow affected by TV violence?".
Yes its true, at the very least TV violence has an effect on our mental well-being. My speech proves this statement and will provide you with evidence that TV violence has a dangerous effect on children and teenagers.
It will discuss some psychological effects from watching an excessive amount of television. Many children begin to develop on what they see on TV, and some of the facts you learn may be very startling. Later in my speech, I will describe the sources where TV violence can be found. I mean, you don't think all this violence comes from the TV programs do you? It comes from a variety of sources. Lastly, parents play a major role in preventing TV violence from affecting their children. I will discuss the different measures that can be taken in preventing television violence from possessing there children. .
Psychological research has shown three major effects of seeing violence on television: Firstly, children may become less sensitive to the pain and suffering of others. Children who watch a lot of TV are less aroused by violent scenes than are those who only watch a little; in other words, they're less bothered by violence in general, and less likely to see anything wrong with it.
