Violence, TV and You.

So, we've all seen the articles and "Studies" about how violence effects people. It causes people to become violent, commit crimes, it makes cats and dogs sleep together (ok, maybe not the last one) Now...I don't buy it for a second, however a lot of people do because of these half-assed studies.

I started watching TV at a very young age, plenty of it violent since those were the big days of Arnold and Stallone films. I loved action hero flicks. Even saw some slasher flicks...and yet i'm totally fine. I'm not "numb" to violence...infact, I can't even watch the news because REAL world violence disturbs me too much. I'm not numb to tv violence, I just know it's not real, so it doesn't bother me.

So...i'm curious...has anyone seen any studies that prove that violence on TV DOES NOT change a person? Or maybe you agree with all those studies and think it does change a person but watch it anyway?

Where do you stand? Why? And isn't there proof to back up both claims?

 

Good points. Cultures far older than ours were also much more violent. I think violence comes from a collection of things such as poverty, missing parents (or in our culture..parents who are far too busy to take care of their kids) and an assortment of other SOCIAL issues. We just want to blame media because it takes the blame off real issues we would rather just sweep under the rug.