Analysis of Several Articles on Adolescents, Media and Violence

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This article talks about the effects of media exposure on adolescents and the violence that is can bring. Using the social conflict theory it portrays the media as having a harmful impression on today’s children. The article shows how crime statistics have decreased the arrests for violent crimes committed by youth offenders has not (Fowler, 2002). The article also shows how the APA is teaming up with federal programs to help resolve these harmful effects that the media is portraying. The article shows that media is responsible for the social conflict that these adolescents are dealing with. The APA and other organizations along with the federal government are combating this problem from every angle (Fowler, 2002). While the article does speak of some statistics it may be inflating them by not including a breakdown of what violent crimes are being committed.
The article could have also included to what degree this implementation has had on resolving these effects on youth offenders. It could have also stated what media outlets have been supportive of their campaign and which outlets have not. Media is an influence on people of all ages but the violence portrayed in the media is having a harmful effects on youths as it is desensitizing them before they have the chance to fully understand what they are watching. Video games, movies and television statistics should have been included with this article to give the reader a better understanding of which sources are adding the most to this trouble.
Reference
Fowler, R. (2002). Combatting youth violence. Monitor, 33(4). Retrieved from: http://apa.org/monitor/apr02/rc.aspx
Article 2
This article uses the structural-functional approach on combating media effects on adolescen...

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... on how to combat the media age which is family time but does not offer any other suggestions for parents to follow. There should be more information about the research that is being conducted and the results of this research. The research does mention most of the ways that we communicate online and that this is becoming a problem. However, to combat a problem you first must understand how it has been created. This is a society of technology and in order to reduce that it must be slowed down. There does not seem to be a solution yet to that and the best that researchers can do is to better understand the habits of the users.
Reference
Novotney, A. (2010). Surviving the media onslaught: Psychologists’ research is pointing to ways Americans can find balance between online and offline worlds. Monitor, 41(10). Retrieved from: http://apa.org/monitor/2010/11/media.aspx

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