Show Children And TV A j sponsored federally-sponsored study by two college professors has shown again that violence on television affects children watching it DR ALETHA Stein and Lynette Friedrich of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania State University conducted studies of three groups of children one group exposed to the typical violence violence violence vio vio- lence of U. U S. S commercial television another exposed to better programming and a third group exposed to neutral programming The results show that those children exposed to violence inthe in inthe inthe the television viewing are adversely affected they lose patience more easily and become become be be- come less tolerant THE RESULT of this study only one of several to report that television has an impact impact impact im im- pact on youngsters which common common common com com- mon sense alone tells us should increase increase pressure on Congress and the Federal Federa Communications Commission to deal firmly with the three commercial networks which peddle so much violence in in- in selling products for sponsors sponsors' sponsors But neither Congress nor the FCC takes firm action Too many members of Congress are influenced by the networks networks networks net net- works and many have interests interests interests inter inter- ests in television stations served by the networks THE FCC has been forced to knuckle under to network pressure on several occasions in Commissioner Commissioner Commis Commis- recent years one Commissioner probably having lost his job because of network pressure Children then continue continue continue con con- to be subjected to violence violence violence vio vio- lence with its adverse effects for sales purposes on the nations nation's airwaves |