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daily nebraskan
friday, October 30, 1931
TV violence has little effect-
By Susan MacDonald
Television is a "miracle of our own making" that is too
often blamed for society's problems, said a network
executive at a Thursday Town and Gown Breakfast
Forum.
Jack Blessington, director of educational relations for
the CBS television network, said he doesn't believe tele
vision causes aggression in children.
"I've never seen it in 20 years in the classroom, or in
my own family experience," said Blessington, whose visit
was sponsored by the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce,
UNL and the Town and Gown Committee. "You
shouldn't use it (television) as a scapegoat," he said.
Blessington said there is a difference between a child
being hyperactive in the classroom and perhaps pushing
another child, and committing violent acts against society,
such as beating people or robbing banks.
He cited an example of a 9-year-old boy who tried to
hold up a bank in New York. The boy's lawyers, Blessing
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He said he finds it hard to believe that a television set
would change the character of a human being."
"It is hardly likely that anybody raised in a condition
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The U.S. Surgeon General's report on television
violence and aggression in children showed no casual
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"It's not that it (television violence) doesn't cause
aggression, but that it hasn't been proven," Blessington
said.
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ington said. "Explaining problems away is no solution."
Blessington, the author of Let My Children Work, also
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Blessington said too many people would rather do
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Blessington said children's programs contain a lot of
information and are watched by many adults. Saturday
morning cartoons, he said, aren't "brain-wasters, they are
fairy tales."
Television, Blessington said, has "a great deal more to
offer us if we stop this incessant demand for figures on
television violence and child learning."
As for the future of television, Blessington said
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We don't know what the implications are for our own
industry," he said.
Blessington predicted many more "learning shows" in
which universities will play a major role.
There will also be human service systems on some
channels, Blessington said, connected to banks, libraries,
airports and other service institutions.
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