TV Influencing Society

Term Paper Title	TV Influencing Society
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TV influencing society

            Imagine that you are at school and your principal calls you to the office to give tou a message.  The message was to go home because something bad has happened at your house.  When you go home your parents tell you that little Johnny has died in a serious car accident.  The police reports come to show that there were major skid marks depicting 180�s, high speed stops and burnouts near the scene of the accident, this all leads to the belief that he has learned these dangerous maneuvers from either television or movies.  This is what this world has come to, society following what they see and hear on mass media.  Should certain things that you commonly see and hear in mass media be filtered?

            Throughout the technological era, there have been many accounts of deaths and injuries due to mass media and their effects on the minds of people in society.  There also have been accounts that rap music affects the mental ability of people.  There have also been accounts on the amount of obscene language and images on television, radio and movies can affect the mind of the common citizen.  The fact of music, television and movies can change how society thinks and behaves.

Television has played a major role in affecting the minds of society through the amount of obscene words and images.  A show such as NYPD Blue depicts images that are vile and repugnant and should not be shown on television.  Television programs such as Southpa...

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