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/^t/The commonly known fact is that nowadays parents' authority is replaced by that of television which also sets its own patterns of behaviour. Very often these patterns are wrong and in that sense television is doing irreparable harm to the society. It exerts a strong influence on minds and imagination of people, especially young. More violence on TV may mean more violence in society, for TV images are transferred into life. Violence came to be glorified as the only means of doing away with enemies, of annihilating views and arguments different from that of the TV heroes. Moreover, violence is reflected on only in films but also in real life - each day brings about new wars and new conflicts as well as increasing brutality and cruelty of the world and its political leaders.