As our technologies advance and our collective morality declines, the American people face a dilemma that has a major impact on the foundations of our society. What is acceptable in the media? Broadcast media is the most widespread, effective and accessible means of transmitting information in the world today. With 98% of American homes having a television and 2/3 of those homes receiving cable TV, TV and movies represent the most pervasive means of corruption yet known to our society. So easily available that you don't even have to leave your home to be affected by it. Even a child, not yet able to read, can access and be influenced by broadcast media. Indecency and violence on television, along with pornography, indecency, obscenity and violence in films, have a disconcerting effect on the moral state of our society. In return, the collective moral state of our society, and what is deemed acceptable by the majority, allows television and films to contain such repugnant and vulgar materials. The result is a downward spiral of entertainment that feeds on a declining moral state while promoting its degeneration. HOW MUCH IS DUE TO THE MEDIA OF TRANSMISSION? The broadcast media, through television and film, are guilty of promoting an immoral society. Everyone who watches television and movies is influenced and influenced by what is seen in them. Children learn that these ways are acceptable. Eventually, after so much exposure, which causes desensitization to the immoral ways, the adults who initially tolerated them begin to accept them too. Studies of both children and adults have shown that they have more violent tendencies after being exposed to violence in movies and TV. As for indecency... middle of paper... you may be able to regain, rebuild your collapsing moral state. Works Cited Hundt, Reed. Speech "Television, Children, Indecency, Violence, and the Public Interest" given at Duke University School of Law. February 9, 1996.http://www.netreach.net/~kaufman/Hundt.FCC.kids.htmlKaufman, Ron. “How Television Images Affect Children” http://www.netreach.net/~kaufman/children.htmlMarks, Alexandra. "Washington Sparks Debate Over TV Violence." Christian Science Monitor. July 14, 1995. Weinraub, Bernard. "Los Angeles Bishop Calls for Film Guidelines." The New York Times. October 1, 1992. (Web pages without author, cited by number)1. "Freedom of expression" http://www.aclu.org/library/pbp14.html2. "Definitions of Pornography, Obscenity and Indecency" http://pw2.netcom.com/~mimnyc/obscporn.html