Americans are the largest consumers of television programming in the world. Many children are exposed to and watch television on a daily basis, with, on average, 3-year-olds watching 7 hours per week, 7-year-olds watching 17 hours
Americans are the largest consumers of television programming in the world. Many children are exposed to and watch television on a daily basis, with, on average, 3-year-olds watching 7 hours per week, 7-year-olds watching 17 hours per week, and 11-year-olds watching 28 hours per week (Huesmann & Eron, 1986). We also must take into consideration how much material on television is violent. In 1982 the National Institute of Mental Health published a 10-year study of the effects