Coarsening of American Civility in Television Television programming serves as a catalyst to the coarsening of civility in American society. When children and adults view television programs there is a certain amount of retention that occurs. Those who say that it is just "television" and viewers should know not to carry out what is seen are ignorant towards reality. The show "Married With Children" portrays an excellent example of the coarsening of civility in today's …showed first 75 words of 1052 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1052 total…So if you put a child in front of the television with the choice to watch other shows, they may learn and do what they view. It is only reality that a child will repeat something they hear on television whether it is coarsening or not. In order to prevent further coarsening of civility of the American society, parents and authority figures need to monitor the content of television shows before allowing children to view.