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Impressions of Television     SOME AMERI earth-closetS COMPLAIN THAT in that respect IS TOO MUCH VIOLENCE IN TELEVISION,PARTICULARLY IN AN ACTION SERIES OR CARTOONS. THEY ARE AFRAID THAT PEOPLE,ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, WILL SEE THESE SHOWS AND THINK THAT THE ONLY WAY TO RESOLVEPROBLEMS IS finished VIOLENT ACTS. I THINK THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS OTHERTHAN TELEVISION THAT EFFECTS PEOPLE. HAVE YOU EVER TRIED SOMETHING JUST BECAUSEYOU apothegm IT ON TELEVISION? IM SURE THAT ALL OF US HAVE DONE THAT AT ONE TIME ORANOTHER. TELEVISION SHOWS THAT ARE VIOLENT CAN HAVE NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON THE WAYTHAT CHILDREN ACT.     TELEVISION HAS EMBEDDED ITSELF WITHIN THE LIFE OF THE TYPICAL AMERICANPERSON. ACCORDING TO THE ENCARTA 96 CD fixed storage ENCYCLOPEDIA THEY CLAIM THAT,"BETWEEN THE AGES OF 2 AND 65 THE AVERAGE AMERICAN WILL WATCH 72,000 HOURS OFTELEVISIONAT 24 HOURS A DAY, A nitty-gritty OF 8 FULL YEARS. THE DAILY AVERAGE ISABOUT 4 HOURS. THE HE AVIEST VIEWERS ARE HOUSEWIVES AND SENIOR CITIZENS. CHILDRENWATCH THE SAME AMOUNT OF TELEVISION AS DO ADULTS TEENAGERS WATCH ABOUT AN HOURLESS PER DAY."     "EARLY EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCHERS COMPARED THE PLAY OF CHILDREN WHO HADSEEN AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR ON TELEVISION WITH THE PLAY OF A CONTROL theme OFCHILDREN WHO HAD WATCHED NONVIOLENT PROGRAMS. CONCERN WAS INTENSIFIED BYFINDINGS THAT INDICATED A HIGHER LEVEL OF AGGRESSIVE PLAY IN THE VIOLENT-TELEVISION separate"(ENCARTA).     ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SURF SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS TO SEE THE VIOLENCE.THE NINJA TURTLES ARE A PHENOMENON THAT HAS CAPTURED THE IMAGINATIONS OF MOVIE,COMIC, AND EVEN CARTOON FANS ACROSS SEVERAL GENERATIONS. A GROUP OF YOUNG,TEENAGE TURTLES WHO USE KUNG-FU AGAINST A GROUP OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CREATURES.THIS SHOW ANIMATES EXPLICITLY HOW THEY BATTLE THESE CREATURES TO FIGHT FORJUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY. THEY LIVE IN THE SEWERS WITH THEIR TEACHER WHO ISA RAT , USING AN ASSORTMENT OF WEAPONS SUCH AS THE SWORD, NUMCHUCKS, NINJA FORKS,AND A NINJA STICK TO FIGHT FOES. IT SEEMS TO ME WHEN I LOOK OUTSIDE TO SEE THECHILDREN PLAYING, THEY MIMIC THE NINJA TURTLES, PRETENDING THAT THEY ARE KILLINGKRANG OR SHREDDER. IT NEVER FAILS IT ALWAYS SEEMS THAT THERE IS ONE CHILD THATCOMES IN CRYING BECAUSE ANOTHER KID (WHO THOUGHT HE WAS DONATELLO) WAS HITTINGHIM WITH A STICK THAT HE USED FOR A SWORD. alarmingly THIS PROBLEM SOMETIMESESCALATES WHEN THE CHILD GETS OLDER AND THE CHILD IS SUBJECT TO MORE IDEASBROUGHT ACROSS ON TELEVISION.     NOT TOO FAR AWAY IN THE carry OF THE TELEVISION YOU HAVE MTV. IT ISA MUSIC BASED CHANNEL THAT PLAYS ALL TYPES OF MUSIC VIDEOS AND AN OCCASIONAL