Watching lots of violence leads to desensitization and lack of empathy.American Psychiatric Association79% of Americans believe that TV violence leads to real life mayhem.A.C.Neilsen Co.Children who watch a lot of violence on TV are more aggressive in school, as adults in the workplace and in theirrelationship with their wife and children.Stossel, 1997The average American child will have seen more than 8,000 murders and 100,000 other violent acts by the time he/she finishes elementary school.Stossel, 1997The media no longer just shapes our culture; it is our culture.Centre for Media Lit."Children used to grow up in a home where parents told most of the stories. Today television tells most of the stories to most of the people most of the time."George Gerbner