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Media Violence 1 Jacob Hanke May 12, 2014 [email protected] Final Paper Topic: Media Violence in Television Shows Policy Question: Should current legislation add more restrictions for television in order to decrease media violence?
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Media Violence 1

Jacob Hanke

May 12, 2014

[email protected]

Final Paper

Topic: Media Violence in Television Shows

Policy Question: Should current legislation add more restrictions for television in order to

decrease media violence?

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Table of Contents

Preface 3

Abstract 6

Introduction 7

Background Information on Television Violence Increasing 9

Effects of Children Watching Violent Television 10

Arguments in Defense for Television Violence 13

Physical Aggression 15

Rating Systems and Advertisements 16

Conclusion 17

References 19

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Preface

When I first started researching papers, articles and books I found out that I had little to

no experience. I came into class not knowing what I wanted to research and only bad stories

about Information Gathering. Information Gathering doesn’t exactly have the best reputation

across campus. Coming into the class I had zero experience with Professor Thompson or Susan

Barnes-Whyte, but leaving I can say that both of them have taught me a great amount about my

writing skills and my potential. The process in how I came across my research subject started in

the fall of 2013 without realizing it. I heard guest speaker Douglas Gentile talk about media

violence and how video games are affecting children today, but I wasn’t as intrigued with video

games like I was with television shows and movies. I then bounced ideas off of my roommate,

Michael MacClanathan, about researching media violence, particularly in television and finally

decided to pursue television media violence.

My research process was interesting to say the least. When I first started I found three

books that I liked but two of them had been written by the same author so I used the most recent

one that was written. It was nice to get the books out of the way so quickly so that I could focus

on finding articles and trade journals. When finding general periodicals I found that in media

violence it was difficult to find an article that had enough information and was relevant to my

question. During the process I would always find articles that either talked about video games,

which was interesting, but was not about my topic or I would find articles that focused on how

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good a television show was and contained no useful information. When I learned more about the

process of choosing my words wisely when searching for articles I would put violence or media

violence in quotations. Government documents were simple for me to find during the research

process. In class we learned how to use google advanced search, which was extremely helpful. It

allowed me to search .gov documents which sped up the process. Interviews were very helpful

because I was able to interview Professor Linder from campus was a part of Douglas Gentile’s

research group and had knowledge about media violence pertaining to children. I was able to

know Hillary Lake from another class when she was a guest speaker and I Kobbi Blair was a

family friend. Trade journals were tricky for me until Michael MacClanathan showed me

EBSCO Host. EBSCO made it so that when I searched media violence it brought up specialized

journals and then it was up to me to read whether it was a trade journal or not.

It’s hard for me to think that before I started this class I thought I was a decent writer.

When I got my first paper back my jaw hit the table because of how my paper looked after it was

graded. I had incomplete sentences, I used unnecessary words, I didn’t use the right words and I

had AP style mistakes. The hardest mistake to take fix for me was AP style and incomplete

sentences. When writing I would write as quick as possible without stopping to check if my

sentences made sense and if they were complete. My thought process was that if it made sense in

my head that it would translate that same way on the paper. When I would get my papers back

after being graded the most common mistake was always incomplete sentences. My advice to

any one reading this that has trouble with incomplete sentences, when writing your paper always

revise it and take your time when writing your paper, it may seem like it takes longer but that

alone will help catch mistakes. AP style, for me, is all about repetition. Seeing my mistakes made

me correct them over and over again until it was natural for me to write the correct way. Having

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the book next to me when I write my papers really helped because it forced me to look up how to

write a certain way if I had a question.

I would like to thank my parents for putting up with my whining throughout the semester.

Hearing me complain about all the papers that were due wasn’t fun and they challenged me

every week and pushed me every day to finish and look at the final goal, which is nearing soon.

They have supported me throughout my time here at Linfield College and I am thankful for their

support. I would also like to thank Michael MacClanathan and Shelby Vanderbergh. Michael has

been helping me throughout this whole semester giving me advice on every paper that I have

written. He has accompanied me to the library or renshaw multiple times helping me as well as

just giving me company. Shelby has also given me advice on my papers from her experience, she

also has helped me with revising my papers, especially when we are on long trips with the

softball team. I would also like to thank my classmates for helping me get through the class, if it

weren’t for my friends writing with me late at night and doing the same workload it would have

made this class a lot harder.

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Abstract

This paper discusses the various issues regarding violent television in today’s society.

After public shootings and today’s technology, violent television has taken the blame for causing

these violent actions. The paper shows that there are many arguments for and against violent

television. Because of this, there is no way of answering the question of whether violent

television affects children in a negative way. The paper addresses the amount of violent

television increasing in hours that it airs. The paper concludes that Congress should regulate

violent television shows on a strict schedule of airing for children’s precaution.

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Introduction

Television shows are becoming more about gore and blood, rather than jokes and family

shows. As season go on shows are trying to one-up each other so they can gain viewers. Shows

are increasing and the audience is decreasing. When networks have a decreasing audience it has

become necessary to have plot twists, to kill off favorite characters, to have violent scenes that

makes the viewer come back week after week and be intrigued in what’s happening. With new

television series coming out every month more and more violent television shows are being

displayed to children.

Violence, gore and gunplay were staples on prime-time television even during the time

period following the Newtown school shooting. A study out of 392 prime-time programs

revealed that 193 had some incident of violence contained in them (Bauder, 2013). Children

between eight and 18 years of age spend an average of six hours and 21 minutes each day using

media entertainment. A large proportion of children’s media exposure includes acts of violence

that are witnessed in the form of video games. Media Violence says that by the age of 18, the

average person will have viewed 200,000 acts of violence on television alone (Media Violence,

2009). With new shows coming out like “Vikings” the level that children being exposed to

violent television has risen. During the past several seasons, networks have taken advantage of

their free rein to release a number of violent shows. “The Walking Dead” has set several ratings

records, including when they premiered their fourth season with 16.1 million viewers (Flock,

2013). As the years progress violent television shows have become more graphic to leave the

viewer wanting more. Instead of stabbing someone “The Walking Dead” has found new ways to

kill zombies along with graphics becoming increasingly better. The son in the show had to shoot

his own mother so that she wouldn’t come back as a zombie. Shows will have to be more

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descriptive and show more alarming scenes so they capture the audience’s attention. One of the

new shows that have come out is “The Following.” “The Following” contains violent scenes

every episode where the viewer will see someone being stabbed. The scenes are set around a

detective trying to bring down a serial killer that kills people for the fun of it. The violent

stabbing and the blood is new and something a viewer didn’t see from television a couple years

ago. Producers don’t want mindless violence, they want thoughtful murders so the audience has

to think or so the audience is surprised at what happened. Producers also talk about how they

want the show to linger past the point of the episode. (Poniewozik, 2013). Shows are gross, gory

and explicit, but they are not scary. A list of incidents captured by the PTC (Parents Television

Council) in a month’s time are a woman from “The Following” jams an ice pick into her eye, or

two characters from “Bones” wake to find a corpse hanging from the canopy above their bed,

dripping blood onto them. The list continues to explain different scenes of violence from

different television shows (Bauder, 2013). Trying to make someone watch the show scared when

they are in their own home rather than somewhere else reinforces their sense of safety. Also

watching the same show week after week reinforces their sense of familiarity. Watching all the

gore leaves you wanting more violent shows have stakes that are high and personal, the reader

doesn’t see the plot twist coming, and they don’t happen every week (Harris, 2014). It’s more

common for children and adults to watch multiple hours of television, and with violent

television, the hours of viewers watching television is increasing. When it comes to boys and

girls when younger they are virtually the same for amount of hours watching the television.

When the children get older it is more common for boys to watch television more than girls on

average, also once children are watching television, it is more common for boys to watch

television longer. Three aspects that are noteworthy about the increase in violent media; the

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sheer amount of television exposure that occurs across ages, the apparent spike in exposure

between ages five-seven and eight-10 years and thirdly the steady increase in exposure until 11-

13 years, followed by a substantial decline (Roberts and Foehr, 2004). Congress should

investigate the hours violent television airs, and the effects violent television is having on its

viewers.

This paper will first address both sides of the argument that support or contrast the idea

that violent television has a negative effect on children and adolescents. It will then focus on

violent television translating to real life. It will take about physical aggression and how children

imitate what they view. The paper will talk about the rating system of television and how

advertisements are viewed. The paper will conclude that, because violent television is increasing,

the best solution is to regulate violent television shows on a strict schedule of airing for

children’s precaution.

Background Information on Television Violence Increasing

Television violence has increased as the years go on, making viewers more susceptible to

viewing violence. Television violence has increased during prime time with scenes of violence

increasing by 45 percent during the hour of eight p.m. Not only are children exposed to violent

television shows, but research has shown that more than one third of commercials intended for

children contain aggressive elements (Kirsh, 2012). On any given day, 85 percent of young

people in the United States watch television. Television exposure averages over two hours daily

two to seven years old and over three hours daily among eight to 18 year-old (Roberts and Foehr,

2004). Shows have increases of violent media in Canada. Shows are more violent now than they

were in 1993. From 1993 to 2001, violent acts increased 37.8 percent and the acts per hour

showed a 35.5 percent increase (Paquette, 2004). A study says that over 3,000 programs, in a

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three-assessment, found that 60 percent of programs across 26 channels contained physical

aggression. On a typical hour of programming, six different violent incidents will occur.

Children programs are more violent than all other program types. Another study showed that all

G-rated movies released between 1937 and 1999 featured some violence. A study done on E-

rated video games released between 1985 and 2000 found that 64 percent contained physical

violence (Wilson, 2008). The issue of violence on television has been studied by the Parents

Television Council which found that most violent TV-14 rated shows on broadcast television

have similar levels and types of violence as mature rated cable television shows (Hanks, 2014).

From 1998 to 2006 violence in television has increased in every time slot. Violence during the

eight p.m. family hour has increased 45 percent, violence during the nine p.m. hour increased by

92 percent and violence during the 10 p.m. hour increased by 167 percent. ABC experienced the

biggest increase in violent content overall by an increase of 309 percent. Fox finished second

with an increase in violent content by an increase of only 12 percent (Schulenburg, 2006).

Effects of Children Watching Violent Television

Research has shown possible effects that link children imitating what they see on the

television. Children will mimic what they see and learn while growing up. People will take what

they learned as a child and maintain that through adulthood where violent crimes could appear. A

report was released saying that 10 percent of youth violence could be directly correlated with

media violence (Savage, 2004). Children are primed to think of the violent act right after they

have seen it. An example is seeing a picture of a cat then being asked to say random words. The

participant would mention words that would be related to a cat because they are primed from the

picture. The same idea goes with seeing a violent television show. The child is primed to

violence; therefore, in a short period the child will imitate the violent acts they have seen. A

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child aged two and under should not watch television. The longer a child will go without

watching television the better off they are (Linder, 2014). Children view themselves as the “good

guy” and anyone who opposes their beliefs are “bad guys.” In television shows the “good guys”

are rewarded for violent actions. Excessive television watching can lead to nightmares and lack

of sleep even if what they are watching is a cartoon. In a study down in New Zealand, the

researchers found children who watch television three plus hours per day are more prone to

increased risks in criminal convictions and anti-social behavior (Emmons, 2013). Television

shows depict violence as either “glamorized” or “justified.” Glamorized violence will be

presented in an attractive manner with a powerful personality. The character will not be punished

for his or her violent acts. The glorification of violence in a children’s show is a commonplace.

Justified violence is perceived as necessary for a character to use to solve a problem. Research

has shown that 27 percent of child-oriented shows and 37 percent of adult-oriented shows

involve justified violence. Children who view violence as justified are more likely to be involved

in violent acts (Kirsh, 2012). APA refers to Rowell Huesmann and Leonard Eron’s research that

found children in elementary school who watched media violence for numerous hours showed

higher levels of aggressive behavior when they became teenagers. The three effects of children

being exposed to violent television; may become less sensitive to the pain and suffering of

others, children may be more fearful of the world around them and children may be more likely

to behave in aggressive or harmful ways toward others (Violence in the Media , 2013). If

children have a television in their bedroom, parents are less able to monitor what is seen; parents

are less able to have consistent rules for children’s media use; children participate in fewer

alternative activities such as reading, hobbies and games; and children perform more poorly in

school (Media Violence, 2009). Even if it’s not a video of violence, children will imitate what

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they see in an image. If they see a violent image like a soldier shooting a machine gun, the child

will imitate the image with a toy gun (Blair, 2014). In the arcade, on one side there were more

than a dozen games that fall into the category of first person shooters. The two most popular

games seemed to be the most violent as well. “Jurassic Park” and “Area 51” are two virtual first

person shooting games where the player controls the characters using realistic fire arms (Electric

Castle’s Wunderland Cinema & Nickel Games, 2014). Another article says that media violence

is responsible for 10 percent of youth violence; media violence and youth violence are

connected. Children are unable to tell the difference between real life violence and television

violence. That’s why children imitate what they see; they have not developed enough awareness

to connect the dots that what they see on the television is not the same as real life violence

(Majority Staff, 1999). Media violence will trigger aggressive thoughts or feelings already

stored, the aggressive behavior is already stored in the child. When the aggressive behavior is

activated over and over again that is when behaviors become consistent and therefore can

influence behavior (Telegraph Reporters, 2012). Media violence has a direct effect on people.

Influencing someone short term, and with continued exposure, someone can be affected long

term. Short term effects of exposure to media violence are due to priming processes, arousal

processes and the immediate mimicking of specific behaviors. Long term effects are due to more

lasting observational learning of cognitions, behaviors, activation and desensitization of

emotional processes. The experiments show that viewing violent television “cause” the risk for a

child to be aggressive to rise. The risk for violence will go up for children, teenagers, college

students and even adults (Huesmann, 2007). In a study done in a small town called Notel that

had just received television for the first time, researchers investigated the impact of television on

this community. The researchers compared two similar communities that already had television.

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45 first and second-grade students were observed over a two year period. Rates of physical

aggression did not change significantly among children in the two groups. Two years later the

rates of physical aggression among children in Notel had increased. Another study was

conducted that was over a 22 year period. The study was whether boys’ television viewing at

eight years predicted the seriousness of criminal acts committed at age 30. It was found that the

boys’ television violence viewing at age eight significantly predicted the seriousness of the

crimes for which they were convicted by the age of 30 (Centerwall, 1992).

Arguments in Defense for Television Violence

Opposing arguments say that violent television shows are not to blame for violent and

aggressive actions. Media violence is not the main cause of childhood or adult aggression. There

is always an external cause that adds to why the child or adult is aggressive. Studies have shown

that there is no justifiable evidence to put the blame on media violence. Studies have shown that

when a child expresses physical aggression television violence is a small factor, but is not the

main cause. One study showed children who committed a violent act either were being bullied by

classmates and wanted to retaliate or they grew up in a violent enviorment (Linder, 2014). APA

(American Psychological Association) has damaged the credibility of the psychological field.

Media violence does not play a role in large public shootings such as the Sandy Hook shooting.

Researchers have done a poor job in communicating research results with the public. Researchers

will take the results and then configure them to make sure the reader only sees what the

researcher wants them too. Some researchers do not want their hypothesis to be proven wrong. If

the hypothesis is proven wrong a researcher could either find a different study group or they will

not publish what they find (Ferguson, 2013). We should not take away television because it can

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provide information and other beneficial experiences. People need to understand media violence

better because if we exaggerate the dangers of media violence, it will destroy our credibility

(Huesmann, 2007). Research is clearly lacking on a direct causal relationship between violent

video games and youth violence. Researchers also found that kids played games to cope with

their emotions, to enjoy challenging situations, to keep up with peers playing similar games, to

create their own worlds, and to relieve stress. Television violence is not the main cause for

aggression, when there is a case of aggression there is always another reason. If a child shows

signs of aggression they could be stressed because of bullying or they could be growing up in a

violent neighborhood and they are exposed to violent acts because of where they live. Television

violence is single cause for a person to show signs of aggression, there is usually a second reason

as well (Schlozman and Beresin, 2012). When using the gaming systems at the arcade, children

could be relieving stress by killing dinosaurs instead of bottling their aggression. It is also a place

to interact and enjoy the atmosphere, instead of the child staying home playing by themselves. If

the child is close enough they can walk to the arcade and spend time playing video games and

controlling any aggression that they have. Arcades cheap in cost, that offers children a place to

have fun in a safe environment (Electric Castle’s Wunderland Cinema & Nickel Games, 2014).

Some television shows should not be taken seriously. People should be able to discern whether a

show is real or not. If the viewer sees the news and it contains cops tackling a criminal, they need

to be able to tell the difference between that and Spongebob hitting Patrick in the head. For

example, “Jersey Shore” has people with nicknames like “The Situation, Snooki, J-Woww, Pauly

D and Sammi Sweatheart.” The entire show is people who are drunk and make a fool of

themselves. The reader should be able to tell that the show is for humor and the violence in the

show is for entertainment (Stack, 2010). Parents need to take a bigger role in the lives of their

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children. This day and age it is normal for both parents to be working, but that leaves the child

alone and a child alone will be able to watch whatever they want. Moms are not home as much

as they used to be, dads need to be able to assume more responsibility. If not that both parents

need to work out a schedule that allows one parent to be home when their child is home. Also, a

child turning to violent media is in part because we create an environment where children are

afraid to go to school, where they are harassed at school and where the child watches television

because the parents are never home. It is becoming more common for children to have a

television in their room, which makes it hard for parents to observe what their children watch

when they are in separate rooms with no one looking out for them (Carvalho, 2002).

Physical Aggression

Exposed to media violence will lead to violent acts by the viewer in real life. More than

98 percent of pediatricians in one study expressed their personal belief that media violence

affects children’s aggression. Exposure to media violence can have a variety of physical and

mental health problems for children and adolescents, including aggressive and violent behavior,

bullying, desensitization to violence, fear, depression, nightmares and sleep disturbances (Media

Violence, 2009). One study exposed elementary school children to a Mighty Morphine Power

Rangers episode and then observed verbal and physical aggression in the classroom. The boys

who had watched the violent program committed significantly more intentional acts of

aggression such as hitting, kicking and shoving. Researchers collected measures of television

viewing and aggressive behavior when the children were in grade school and then again fifteen

years later when they are adults. The measure of adult aggression included self-reports of spousal

abuse, punching and choking another person and shoving others, as well as criminal behavior

(Wilson, 2008). People will take what they learned as children and maintain that through

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adulthood where violent crimes could appear. If a show is exciting to someone, it can be

physically stimulating, therefore making them more prone to seeing violence as a reward instead

of a negative. People are becoming numb to violence to a point that when they see a fight on the

television they are cheering for someone to knock out the other person. It has become more of a

game to become violent (Savage, 2004). An experiment was assigned to one group of five to six

year-old Finnish children to watch violent movies, and the other to watch nonviolent movies.

Researchers then observed the two groups in a room playing together. The children who were

exposed to the violent movies were rated much higher on physical assault and other types of

aggression. Another example, researchers studied the links between aggressive behavioral

delinquency, such as fighting and hitting, at Wisconsin and Maryland high school and junior

high school students. The study found significant links between television violence exposure and

aggression for both boys and girls (Escobar-Chaves and Anderson, 2008).

Rating Systems and Advertisements

Congress should investigate the rating system’s effectiveness in informing parents about

television shows. The rating system for television shows is a mess. Companies that owned the

rights to television shows volunteered to put in a rating system. The board that rates each

television show is not informed and has no experience in psychology. They volunteered to put a

rating system in so they could avoid conflict with viewers. Congress needs to hire a psychologist

that will be on the board that rates shows so that each show has a professional opinion when it

comes to media violence and what is being displayed (Linder, 2014). Reporters and anchors will

have a script that will say “this content may not be suitable for minors” or the reporter might just

say “this is hard to watch.” But when it comes to an actual rating system for the news, that will

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most likely not happen. If there is a recent event that happened about a crash involving multiple

cars on the highway, it’s the reporter’s job to report the news no matter if the content might be

disturbing for children. KATU may use discretion by only showing the scene of the cars instead

of possible bloodied victims (Lake, 2014). When viewing advertisements you are going to be

exposed even if it is during commercial. Some companies may choose not to advertise something

because of the content that it contains, but there will always be someone that will be willing to

advertise something so they can make money. Advertisements can contain whatever they want,

it’s up to the company or buyer whether they want to buy that advertisement (Blair, 2014).

Studies have revealed that children can and do easily access violent media that are deemed

inappropriate for them by the various rating systems. Studies have shown that the rating systems

do not predict the frequency of violence in the various films (Media Violence, 2009).

Conclusion

Congress should investigate the hours violent television airs, and the effects violent

television is having on its viewers. Children are coming home from school and when they turn

on the television media violence is displayed on the television whether it’s a show or a

commercial. It is argued that television violence is responsible for encouraging violent and

aggressive actions. Violent television is also being blamed for public shootings, people say that

once a child watches a violent act on television they want to copy what they see. Children watch

people shooting guns, even on cartoons they see characters shooting each other, but they survive.

It is also argued that violent television can have an effect on children. However, it is argued that

there is not enough conclusive evidence to link television violence to be the main cause of

children aggression or violent acts by anyone. It is more beneficial to focus on improving the

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amount of television violence that airs on television. Using a strict time allotment for television

violence and a hybrid system provided to parents for the protection of children.

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