... best way to combat that is to turn them off. He showed slides of brain scans of children who have a low exposure to media violence next to those who have a high exposure and said there is a vast difference in the amount of brain activity. He added ...

... television and children: "More than 1,000 scientific studies and reviews conclude that significant exposure to media violence increases the risk of aggressive behavior in certain children and adolescents, desensitizes them to violence and ...

... which when known, will give us the power to control what is ultimately uncontrollable. The activists protesting media violence, free access to firearms, and the ban on prayer in the schools have taken the opportunity to promote their causes ...

... unindicted co-conspirators in this whole question of what entertainment does to the psyche of the country." Let media-violence researchers tally the thousands of murders children see on TV. "But how many times have they seen a product that ...

... addressed locally. They cast doubt on whether the teen conference would accomplish anything, accused Clinton of ignoring media violence, and said he should support stiff jail sentences for anyone carrying a firearm in a violent or drug-related crime ...

... discourse beyond issues of just content." The FTC probe comes in a presidential election year filled with debate about media violence. A proposed Senate gun control bill would bar excessively violent movies and TV shows from filming on federal land ...

... 10. Facilitated by Bob Edwards. "Advertising, Media Violence and You" According to statistics, the average teen ... four weeks, participants will discuss the effect of media violence and advertising on society, you and your child ...

... There was a lot of it." And it matters. Psychologist Craig Anderson told Congress that the lessons kids learn from media violence have more impact on aggression than homework has on academic achievement, calcium has on bone mass, lead exposure ...

... through excessive exposure to hunting violence and media violence (including violent video games). Children may be ... inferior animals. Add to this mindset the amount of media violence available to most children, and the transition from ...

... Despite all of the medical advice to avoid negative news, to avoid a sedate lifestyle and to reduce consumption of media violence, people do not avoid the media. Television is a part of everyone's life (it is on in the average home for more ...