Stockbyte For most families, home would be incomplete without a television. In 1998, the average household watched 7 hours and 15 minutes of TV daily, and teens and children watched an average of 3 hours a day. Although media violence has remained constant over the last 10 years, it s become much more graphic.
Scientists agree media violence is directly linked to violent conduct.
We learn by observing the world around us, and by acting on the world. We learn behavioral scripts and use them to interpret events and actions of others and to guide our own behavioral responses to those events. 4 Scientific research indicates that aggression increases immediately after viewing a violent TV show or movie for 20 minutes. Viewers of media violence are taught that the best way to resolve conflicts is physical retaliation. The longer you learn this, the more difficult this learned behavior is to change.