SUMMER NEBRASK AN
JUNE 23, 1SS3
Expert thinks TV
role detrimental
BY ROSIN STAN0S1IECK
Newspaper headlines record the violence
in America:
"Young man holds 20 people hostage be
cause girlfriend won't marry him."
"Mother and father are killed by 12-year-old
son."
A Lincoln psychologist, Dr. Robert Lou
ton, feels television may contribute to in
creased violence by providing a detrimental
role model for children.
Louton's interest in violence and children
began after a series of violent crimes by
children in California in 1952.
Louton then did a study on the relation
ship of violent comic books and child behav
ior. The study indicated that violence de
picted on the comic page was both exciting
and fearful for children.
"The fantasy was somewhat dehuman
ized because it was depicted on a two-dimensional
surface," Louton said.
Television's special effects are presented
in three dimensions, he said. They make ooz
ing blood, evil spirits and flying cars seem
very real.
Louton, a clinical and developmental psy
chologist, sees a mimicking of TV violence.
In describing the ideal situation for chil
dren Louton said, "Parents provide respect,
security, encouragement, affection and a
model for constructive behavior and values.
"Without direct supervision from adults,
children model after TV heroes."
They learn that heroes who are big
enough and smart enough can break the law
and use violence to settle disagreements, he
said.
In a study, "Television in the Lives of
Our Children," data indicate that among
children, heavy viewers tend to differ from
light viewers in a number of ways.
"It appears to serve as a kind of retreat,"
the study reported, "A haven from some of
the frustration of real life."
To reverse the negative effects of TV,
Louton suggests that parents carefully mon
itor programs their children watch, and if
necessary, perform a "TV-ectomy."
"There are many excellent parents who
have excellent parenting skills," Louton
said. " The children who have security, and
a good role model will be less vulnerable to
the negative effects of television violence."
Nebraskans oppose
home loan guarantees
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sens. J.J. Exon
and Edward Zorinsky, Nebraska Demo
crats, voted on the winning side Tuesday as
the Senate tabled an amendment to a hous
ing appropriations bill to create a program
of emergency loan guarantees for unem
ployed homeowners facing mortgage fore
closures. The vote to table the amendment, thus
killing it, was 55-39.
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