PEDIATRICS Vol. 94 No. 4 October 1994, pp. 600-607
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Television Viewing and Violence in Children: the Pediatrician as Agent for Change

Robert Sege MD, PhD1 and William Dietz MD, PhD1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, The Floating Hospital for Children at New England Medical Center, Boston

Three decades of research suggest a causal link between exposure of children to violent images on television and subsequent violent behavior. The epidemic of violence in American society mandates a critical reappraisal of the televised images that children see. To slow the cycle of violence, pediatricians can: (1) Help shape parental attitudes toward children's viewing habits; (2) lobby for school systems to adopt curricula that include critical viewing skills; and (3) work with Congress, Federal regulators, television producers, and broadcasters to reduce the exposure of children to televised violence.




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