How and why does mass media violence affect children? Within a span of a few short years, violent television and video games have increased in popularity dramatically. Yet, the voices of parent’s concerned about their affects have also grown louder. In today’s society, an average of five or six violent incidents occur every hour on daytime television. And what about cartoons, the most watched shows by children? Cartoon programming contains the most violence, …showed first 75 words of 1159 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1159 total…death of children ages 5-14 are homicides. With incidences of violence at schools around the country, such as Jonesboro and Columbine, the question is raised, if television and video games are not to blame, then what is causing the increase of violent behavior in children? There is a general consensus that a child’s moral behavior stems from a combination of all factors; innate, environmental, and conditioned; television and video games are just possible factors.