The media are instigators. When people share their opinions and experiences with the media, other see it and might not agree, which stirs things up a little. I don't think the media should give out so much of the information they receive because that honestly does lead to violence.
The average child watches 21 to 23 hours of TV per week. This means that by the time this child reaches age 70, they will have spent 7 to 10 years in front of the television. And with regular Saturday morning children's television containing about 20-25 acts of violence per hour, it is no wonder that the average person has viewed about 200,000 acts of violence by the time they reach 18 years of age. And while tragedies such as Columbine cannot be explained simply by blaming media violence, it could be an easily correctable contributing factor.
Statistics and factual information taken from Norman Herr, Ph.D.'s Internet Resources, compiled and contributed by QC, age 14.
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