Studies Fail to Prove a Direct Link to Violence in Television Causing Real-Life Violence.

Studies Fail to Prove a Direct Link to Violence in Television Causing Real-Life Violence Many people believe that the violence in today's world is a direct link to the violence seen on television. If this were true everyone would be violent. Nearly every home in America owns a television, and many spend several hours a day watching it. Yet, they do not become violent; it is only a selected few in retrospect. The television industry …

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