Writing a Thesis/Support Paper

Sex and violence in the Electronic media is a pressing topic. This paper raises a number of pros and cons. But mainly, this paper deals with the cons of regulating the media.

During research, the most pressing point found was the issue of censorship. Censorship is the keystone of the public's apparent outcry against the electronic media. To better understand censorship, the term must be defined. In Webster's New World Dictionary, censorship is defined 'as the act of removing or prohibiting anything that is considered obscene or libelous or politically objectionable'. Even though there are millions and millions of viewers in the United States that watch the three main networks can and should the networks be responsible for what they put on the air?

Yes, they really should have some sort of morals as to the nature of the content and at what time the program airs as well. By the time the average American child has reached the end of Elementary school, he will have witnessed at least 8,000 murderers and 100,000 acts of violence. Now, do you think that children at a vulnerable age should be exposed to that many violent acts? How do you think that it will affect the child's behavior and mental growth? In a 1970, study at Pennsylvania State University, psychologist Aletha Huston showed cartoons of fists fighting superheros to one group of four year old and nonviolent cartoons to another group. The children of the study were comprised of children that were aggressive in nature.

'To often television is not about protecting speech but protecting a business. Pretending otherwise is foolish. Peoples perception of violence is different from one another. One person may perceive violence as a merely a fist fight between two people. On the other hand someone might think violence as ...