television in the society has a great deal of negative influence, especially over the young people. researches have been done which found that violence on television affects children negatively. the major effects of seeing violence on television are that children may become less sensitive to the pain and suffering of others (they are desensitized), more fearful of the world around them and more likely to behave in aggressive ways toward others. children from different cultures and trying to blend in also are influenced by the media’s stereotyping. in my research paper, i will hope to show or prove that tv violence negatively influence the young people. i chose this topic because of what is happening in the schools today because of what the children watch on tv. mary l. gavin, md http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/tv_affects_child.html http://www.education.com/reference/article/ref_how_tv_affects_your/ judith graham http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/htmpubs/4100.htm scott wardell http://www.scottcounseling.com/wordpress/tv-how-can-television-affect-your-child/2008/09/10/ cyndy scheibe http://www.ithaca.edu/cretv/research/tv_lives.html children and television violence. 2008. http://www.abelard.org/tv/tv.php psychology matters. violence in the media - psychologists help protect children from harmful effects. 2004. http://www.psychologymatters.org/mediaviolence.html http://www.parentingrc.org.au/ap/topics.php?channelID=1 & amp;amp;sectionID=9 & amp;amp;regionID=32 Stockwell, Michelle. “More Evidence on Sex, Violence, Media, and Children”. Website:http://www.ppionline.org/ppi_ci.cfm?knlgAreaID=114 & amp;amp;subsecID=144 & amp;amp;contentID=253845 Media Violence in children’s lives. NAEYC: National Association for the Education on Young Children. Website: http://www.naeyc.org/about/positions/pdf/PSMEVI98.PDF Stop teaching our kids to kill. Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and Gloria DeGaetano