In many countries, an increase in crime has been blamed on violent images on TV and computer and video games. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion

The exposure to
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violence
on
TV
and computer has increased rapidly in
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recent days thereby increasing the crime rate.
Although
, in my opinion, the
content
in
TV
/computers
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main cause, we cannot blame them entirely as there are other underlying factors which affects a person's personality.
TV
and computers have become an inevitable part of our lives and we have access to all sorts of
content
thats
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that's
that
possibly available. Most of the
content
these days subtly or evidently use violence as their weapon to get what they need and
this
leaves a bad impression among the viewers. They
also
teach that fighting for what you love is never wrong. So people get influenced and use violence to get things done. But we cannot blame the
tv
/computers entirely for their
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. Their
behavior
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is highly influenced by their friends and the family
cirumstances
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circumstances
they are exposed to. If they see a father and a mother fighting at home or if friends fighting among themselves there is a high chance that they will pick up their
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. So parents have to
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cautious about how they behave in front of the kids and
also
their
responsiblity
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responsibility
to check the kind of friends circle their child is a part of as they tend to leave lasting impressions. So, in my opinion,
although
I agree that the
content
in media is a cause for the
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in crime and violence there are
also
other factors that affect one's
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. So we cannot entirely blame
TV
/computer without identifying the underlying factor.
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