Violence on TV caused this post …
During my long and hot drive home this evening, I had the pleasure of listening to the newscaster rant about how violence on television leads to violence in the streets. But how true is that really? If television had nothing but musical shows with stringed instruments and saxophones, would people be complaining about all the sax and violins in the street? Yes, I realize that is a hypothetical case. Still, I doubt it would ever happen. Why? Right now there are many comedy shows on the ol’ tube. I have yet to hear a news story about people in the ‘hood being plagued by drive-by-jokings …
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The obvious retort to someone who thinks that TV causes violence is to point out that there was always violence — long before TV was ever invented.
But there is kind of a link going the other way. That is, where would TV be without violence? Seems to be showing nothing but, much of the time …
Hi Matt! I think the first accusation of “television causing violence” happened when two of the scientists involved in the invention got into a fist fight over a circuit design. I understand there was a lot of shouts of “Ohm my God!”, “I’ve got your voltage rating right here!” and “Megahertz? You wait till I shove this vacuum tube in you sideways…”
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It does seem that everybody is into this kind of stuff lately. Don’t really understand it though, but thanks for trying to explain it. Appreciate you shedding light into this matter. Keep it up