In fact, more families own a television than a phone. Children spend more time learning about life through media than in any other manner. The average child spends approximately 28 hours a week watching television, which is twice as much time as they spend in school. The average American child will witness over 200,000 acts of violence on television including 16,000 murders before age 18.
Polls show further that three-quarters of the public finds television entertainment too violent.
According to the National Television Violence Study, the context in which violence is portrayed is as important to its impact as the amount of violence. The use of parental warnings and violence advisories made the programs more of a magnet than they might otherwise have been. Parental Discretion Advised and PG-13 and R ratings significantly increased boys' interest in the shows, although they made girls less interested in watching. This vacuum leaves no checks or limits on the information maintained or made accessible to users. No person or entity owns the Internet, leaving no one accountable for the accidents which occur on its highways.