NAEP Civics Grade 8

Category - Civics

If the proposed bill becomes law, a government-appointed board will review all television programming and have the right to censor shows the board believes are too violent. This is a bad idea.It is true that there is a lot of violence on television. Studies show that children are likely to see thousands of violent acts on television by the time they are adults. But we do not really know what effect seeing violence on television has on children. No one has been able to prove that watching violence on television makes kids commit crimes. Censoring television would be restricting the right to free speech. This is not the way to solve our crime problem. There are plenty of direct causes of crime in our society, and we would be better off tackling them.The editorial DISAGREES with which of the following opinions?
  1. There is not more crime today than there was at other times; television just makes us more aware of it.
  2. Young people are responsible for more crime in our society than are older people.
  3. The violence young people see on television leads them to commit violent crimes.
  4. Violent crime has increased so much that most criminal laws need to be strengthened.
Explanation
Answer: C - The violence young people see on television leads them to commit violent crimes.
Was this helpful? Upvote!
Login to contribute your own answer or details

Top questions

Related questions

Most popular on PracticeQuiz