OBSERVATION OF TV VIOLENCE

Violence on Television In my experiment I will study the behavior of children before, during and after viewing a violent television program, specifically “The Power Rangers.” I will use the theories of Charles Horton Cooley, George Herbert Mead and Harold Wilensky to analyze the results according to their theories. Cooley’s theory is that people shape the aspects of their identity so that it would fit what others would want. Therefore we would become the …

…if the producers change the show and that they can manipulate the audience into thinking of what they want to think of. Mead’s theory would say that the children would view this show because they thought that the actors in it are significant figures and with this respect the children would try to imitate them using the role taking method. The children’s identification is passed down from the actors’ actions to the children.