1. "61% of programs on TV have some form of violence" - The National Television Study
2. "By the age of 18, the average young person has seen 200,000 acts of violence on television alone" - The American Academy of Pediatrics
3. "75% of all violent scenes [on television] feature no immmediate punishment of condemation for violence." - The National Television Study
4. "45% of programs feature bad characters who are never or rarely punished" - The National Television Study
5. "Teenagers and young adults who watched more than one hour of television daily were more likely to commit violent crimes and engage in other forms of agressive behavior" - Dr. Jeffrey G. Johnson of Columbia University/conducted study
6. "Reducing kids' exposure to graphic violence can help keep them out of the correction system" - The American Psychological Association Commission of Violence
7. "Those who are eexposed to this kind of violence develop an exaggerated sense of fear, anxiety, insecurity, dependence, paranoia, and mistrust of others" - Dr. George Gerbner of the University of Pennsylvania
8. "The single best predictor of on how agressive these people were at 18 was the violence they viewed at age 8" Dr. Eron of the University of Illinois/conducted study
9. "Media violence is a factor in children's agressive behavior and an effort should be made to curb the adverse effects" Office of the Surgeon General of the United States
10. "1/2 of the violent interactions on tv have no pain or harm on victims" - National Television Study
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Good job. You have really good quotes. They are convincing and they support you argument. It looks like you're research paper will be great!
I think your research paper will present a strong argument. Not only do you have quotes from doctors and experts, you have many statistics- and that alone is hard to argue.
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