THE EFFECTS OF TV AND TV VIOLENCE ON AN INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY The average American child watches 8,000 murders and 100,000 acts of violence before finishing elementary school. That is not surprising considering the average child is watching 27 hours of television each week, and in the inner-city children watch up to eleven hours per day. Twenty-five percent of prime time shows in the fall of 1992 contained highly violent material, and the US homicide rate is rising fast- …showed first 75 words of 1770 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1770 total…and violence and crime in society. In order to control this violence, parents must limit their children's viewing time and make sure that they understand the difference between television and real life situations. Also, the networks should be forced by the government to regulate the amount of violence in their programs. Only through the actions of the Government, the networks, and society can there be a solution to end the violence on television. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**