How is television violence said to promote violence in real life? Three main methods of influence have been suggested. One is that people imitate the violence they see in the screen; another is that they are aroused and stimulated to violence by it; and a third is that they become increasingly tolerant of it. There are, of course many influences in television itself that are opposed to violence All viewers perceive selectively, and there’s probably a great deal of violence that isn’t noticed-perhaps therefore having no effect