Television is the biggest form of multimedia out there. Its most important role is to report the news and maintain communications between people around the world. Television\'s most influential, yet most serious aspect is its shows for entertainment. Violent children\'s shows like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and adult shows like NYPD Blue and Homicide almost always fail to show the characters resolve their differences in a non-violent manner, instead they show a more entertaining resolution, where the good guy beats the crap out of the bad guy. In one episode of NYPD Blue three people were murdered in the span of an hour. \"Contemporary television creates a seemingly insatiable appetite for amusement of all kinds without regard for social or moral benefits\" (Foley, 41).
Findings over the past twenty years by three Surgeon Generals, the Attorney General\'s Task Force on Family Violence, the American Medical Association, the National Institute of Mental Health, the American......
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