The American Academy of Pediatrics issued a Policy Statement on Media Violence in 2009 that said: “Extensive research evidence indicates that media violence can contribute to aggressive behavior, desensitization to violence, nightmares, and fear of being harmed.” Council on Communications and Media. Emanuel Tanay, MD, a forensic psychiatrist with over 50 years experience, told Psychiatric Times: “What we call entertainment is really propaganda for violence. Before the age of 18, a typical child will have watched more than 200,000 acts of violence, including 16,000 murders. Yes, we have to do something about gun control, but we also have to stop thinking of violence as entertainment. We have to stop watching so much violence that we become numb to it and to its consequences.

Source: Huffington Post October 05, 2017 10:07 UTC