Impact of Violent Images on Children-A Study of Chutti Television Programmes

The paper presents the impact of violent images in Chutti TV on children. Chutti TV is a Tamil channel, which has wide viewership among children in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. It examines the relationship between exposure to absorption of violent images and its understanding among children. It also concludes that it is hard to find appropriate relationship between depiction of violent images and violent behaviour among children. Specific vulnerabilities and of course the way of living finds a place in the reasons catering to the violent behaviour among children. The direct relationship between the violent images and the viewers is taken into consideration related to nightmares, restlessness and attitudes towards such types of images. The study suggests the need for media education in school, proper guidance of parents and also basic ethics for the programme production organisations.