Africa: Watching Violence On Screens Makes Children More Emotionally Distressed

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Children today can access media through both traditional devices, like televisions, and portable devices like laptops and tablets.

With more access, children are more likely to be exposed to violent content - like real-life or cartoons where force is being used and harm is being done to a person or character. Studies show that 37% of media aimed at children have scenes of physical or verbal violence. What's more, 90% of movies 68% of video games, 60% of TV shows, and 15% of music videos have some form of violence. In some cases, it's rising - the amount of violence in mainstream movies has been growing steadily over the past 50 years.

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