the idea that violent television lead to more violence in the real world is not a new one. In the 1970s, a canadian researcher published a study on a village that,for a time, had no access to TV because over-the-air broadcasts were blocked by a nearby mountain range. when cable TV brought access to the village,violent behavior in the local school increased by overy 150 percent. Current research shows that an average sixth grader has seen over 100,000 depictions of violence on TV