children's programming" (or kidvid,) mostly Saturdays and Sunday morning shows (Knight and Tooley, 1988, p. 71). However, most of the programs children watch are designed for adult or family audiences. Because television is so widespread and children watch so much of it, many people have been concerned about what television is "doing" to children. There are five basic recurring issues, each with its parallel concern in movies, comic books and popular music.
The first concern is television's possible instigation of violent, aggressive, or antisocial behavior. The possibility that certain television content stimulates unwanted or disapproved attitudes o
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