1. Gerbner & Gitlin agree that this debate goes way above & beyond media violence, but straight to the root of the problem. All the blame is on the shoulders of those who own the networks, but it is the people who are responsible for what they show on the television.

2. Gitlin tells us that Japans media violence is worse than ours is, but don’t you find it weirs that their crime rates are way lower than ours. He seems to believe that the more violence available to the US, the faster crime rates would go down. Gerbners response is one of great shock, that Gitlin would use that study as proof because he thinks it assumes that violence is the only reason that social behavior is bad. (I don’t agree with Gitlin at all)

3. Gerbner believes that the V-chip is not the solution to the problem.  He thinks that it doesn’t fix the problem in the least, it just hides it. Gitlin is not really against the V-chip, seeing as how he believes that any power parents can have over censoring the tv is a good thing. He believes that that is the way to fix the problem because media violence isn’t going to just vanish anytime soon, & this solution makes both Gerbner & Gitlin happy.

4. Gitlin believes that the big amount of tv violence doesn’t have any real important consequences. It may be a small part in the problem but it is not the main part. Gerbner believes the exact opposite. He thinks its one of the biggest causes. Though he does agree that it is not the only cause. But Gerbner is more concerned with citizens taking control over the airways again than with the argument over media violence.