An Overview of The Relation Between Screen Violence and Children's Antisocial Behavior

Violent scenes are increasingly shown in today's mass media. TV and films, as one of the most influential mass media, are also containing a large amount of violence. While children and adolescents today have easier access to TV and films, they are more and more exposed the screen violence. This paper is going to give an overview of the relation between screen violence and children 's antisocial behaviors and is going to focus on the negative impact screen violence brought to children and adolescents. There are experiments and scientific findings indicates that exposure to screen violence may attribute to children's and adolescents' short-term as well as long- term aggressive behaviors. Thus, it would be necessary for parents, policy-makers and mass media to be more responsible for the content shown on screen.

Violent scenes are increasingly shown in today＇s mass media. TV and films, as one of the most influential mass media, are also containing a large amount of violence. While ehildren and adolescents today have easier access to TV and films, they are more and more exposed the screen violence. This paper is going to give an overview of the relation between screen violence and children＇s antisocial behaviors and is going to focus on the negative impact screen violence brought to children and adolescents. There are experiments and scientific findings indicates that exposure to screen violence may attribute to children＇ s and adolescents＇ short-term as well as long- term aggressive behaviors. Thus, it would be necessary for parents, policy-makers and mass media to be more responsible for the content shown on screen.