Violence in children causes aggression in children and adolescents"The media, particularly the information media, defend themselves from the accusation of encouraging violence by stating that they are simply reflecting what exists. Real people are murdered every day. Those who create fictionalized visions of violence (movies or television series) are based on the argument that what they are producing should not be taken literally the violence was real or they would try to copy the behavior" (Greek). Violence has been present since the beginning of the medium and in our history: political violence, ethnic violence, class violence. “Let's go back to the KKK, there are people committing incredible acts of violence on a large scale. What's different is the reach of the media. Now you can put anything on the screen; there's no longer a sense that things are off limits,” said Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton professor of history at Columbia University (qtd. in Cole). This is very true: the Vietnam War broadcast was America's first look at the brutal truth of the war. He raised the acceptable threshold for violence on television; the infamous images prepared audiences for the fictional gore later depicted in television shows such as "NYPD Blue" and "ER" (Cole). And the responsibility of the company? Violence in America has also been linked to economic changes. The economic hardships of the 1930s and late 1970s led to the highest level of homicides this century. This relationship persists to this day. Bob Dole and others believe it is simply the collapse of family values, but it amounts to deindustrialization. Rates of criminal violence have declined significantly over the past 10 years, except among young people, the portion of the population most…middle of paper…the patterns we establish in youth are the basis for lifelong patterns evident in adulthood. And we need to make the right decisions or at least make sure we make the right decisions for our children. Works Cited by the American Psychological Association. Violence on television: what do children learn? What can parents do? Washington: Brochure, 1997.Carlson, Margaret. “The Real Money Train.” Time. December 11, 1995: 8-9pm. Cole, Lewis. “Violence and Meida: The Wrong Controversy?” 21st century http://www.columbia.edu/cu/21stC/issue-1.2/Media.htm. (November 15, 1997). Greek, Cecil. "Media and reality". Crime and media. http://www.fsu.edu/%7Ecrimdo/lecture1.html. (November 15, 1997). Murray, John P. “Impact of Television Violence.” Kansas Journal of Law and Politics. 4.3 (1995): 7-14Vivian, John. The mass media. 4th ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. 1997.