> The average American watches 5 hours of TV each day That's an overestimate, it's probably closer to 3 hours per day [1]. Also, if you exclude the elderly (li

> The average American watches 5 hours of TV each day That's an overestimate, it's probably closer to 3 hours per day [1]. Also, if you exclude the elderly (like +55), it probably becomes significantly less. > people feel that violence is everywhere It really is though. Right now, there's a war going on in Europe. Curtailing it wouldn't make it go away. > Research on the effects of viewing violence found a desensitizing effect, especially for children. Like the vast majority of social sciences, that area is full of low-quality studies. [1]:"In the 2013–17 period, the U.S. civilian noninstitutional population ages 15 and older spent an average of 2 hours 46 minutes per day watching TV." (https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-7/television-capturing-americas-attention.htm https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-7/television-capturing-a...)