http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/16425/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/ancient-problem-tv-violence <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/l-brent-bozell-iii">L. Brent Bozell III</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>How ancient is the concern over violence on television and its effects on society? Crack open a cobwebbed copy of Lyndon Johnson's <em>National Commission on the</em> <em>Causes and Prevention of Violence</em> from 1969, where it reads, “Public concern for violence in entertainment television programming has been with us since at least 1954.” In other words, go back to the days when people were still using their first TV sets.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/ancient-problem-tv-violence" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Culture cabletelevision ParentsTelevisionCouncil Television TheSopranos violence Fri, 12 Jan 2007 05:00:00 +0000 admin 27934 at http://archive2.mrc.org