The Negative Effects Of Media Violence And Violence In The Media

People have to suffer many difference social pressures so they need a way to relax the pressures. Watching violent films, images and playing violent games is a quick and easy way to relax their pressures; for this reason, there are more and more people like to see violent things from media, and as long as there is a demand for this violent information, the financial incentive for media companies will be there. In general, media violence can affects people in three different ways. The first one is leading people to solve their problem through violent means. People always can see many incidents of violence happening in media, and media always embellish the violent means to be a cool way to solve a problem.

If young children also have ready access to firearms, then the likelihood of violent behaviour, for themselves and others, increased. Objective Exposure to violence in the media, both online and offline significantly associated with higher likelihood to simultaneously report seriously violent behaviours. Compar... ... middle of paper ... ...ven after decades of extensive research, the result are still weak as there are intense arguments from both side trying to prove that media violence is one of the factor that contributes to violent behaviour in teenagers or not. The reason is because violence is a crucial constituent of numerous individuals' lives. In the youth culture it's a major factor that is resulting in an increase rate of criminal activity since society is manipulated by the imagery they are viewing, resulting in them mimicking the portrayals displayed by the media.

Media is affecting teenagers greatly because it displays abundance of violence, and inappropriate scenes as well as unhealthy living conditions, making teenagers believe that such behaviors are acceptable in our society. Mass media has become a major negative influence in the society, especially on the younger generation's attitude, beliefs, and values.  Nowadays, the first thing that ... ... middle of paper ... ...ns using drugs and alcohol and engaging in violent behaviors.  The mass media has a huge impact and role in shaping the opinions and positions of everyone particularly the younger generation. Media have been taking over our lives as we try to wear, act, behave, and even make our opinions based on the celebrities we love.

Media violence negatively affects society because it influences the imitation of aggressive behavior. Studies have shown that playing a large amount of violent video games, movies, and listening to violent aggressive music may come off as a non-threatening form of entertainment but it can be very damaging and harmful to a person’s health. Violent thoughts grip the mind of even the most intelligent person, with that people fall victim to violent activity. “ For at least two decades experts have warned that television, movies, and other entertainment media are desensitizing young people to violence and death.”(Reisman). Reisman is stating that younger adolescents are more influenced to perform violent activity after playing a violent video game than a mature adult.

Drugs, poverty, and an unstable home life are some of the already factors that influence violence; if the already known factors are combined with media violence, “the result is an explosion of violent crime in any nation in which it takes place” suggests Lt. Col. David Grossman (par. 3). Most people who are often exposed to violence would argue, “Not all people who are exposed to media violence are murderers.” This is true, but most murderers have had some involvement with violent video games, rap music, or television. Kids tend to mimic the actions of others whether they are good or bad. For example, if a kid witnesses someone bullying someone else, they will, more likely than not, join them.

Considering the current influences, the media plays an important role in forming opinions and dictating the actions of the youth culture. The mass media has tremendously affected people’s lifestyle, living patterns, and socialization. Although many people in today’s society could be affected both negatively and positively, teenagers are more inclined to be influenced by the media and hence, receive the greatest impact. The positive influences of the media might not be talked about often, but positive effects do exist. However, the negative influences of the media are more visible due to the consistency used to elaborate its negativity into people’s minds.

Today people are accustomed to this type of media, but one cannot neglect the correlations between some past incidents and media violence. Media coverage of violence is harmful to society since it has been associated with glamorizing crimes, causing children to behave aggressively, and creating motivation for criminals. Diminishing changes such as censoring the media and creating

Violence in the Media Cause Aggressive Behavior At a young age, youngsters ' minds are like a sponge, absorbing everything that encompasses them, which makes them simply focuses as far as control and deceived by the media’s steady impact. When of adulthood, people are as of now affected by the mass media. Society seems to have an intuitive obsession with the mass media, bringing about people getting to be desensitized to violence and to be unfavorably affected. Sociologists, psychologists, and anthropologists all get distinctive convictions to give motivations to why viciousness will keep on being a prevalent variable in today 's way of life. Violence is an essential segment of a few person lives, particularly in the young society, the same

Therefore media should be censored, so that we are able to protect our children from certain media exposure. Media has become a very powerful tool. The combination between television, internet and videogames and more have blended in with many of our life styles despite how different we are. But at the same time there are many exposures by the media that shouldn’t be out there, causing young people to behave negatively. Many younger kids get their influence from television programs, such as violent cartoons, music videos, and movies.

COME BACK FOR CL. From many TV shows and other media networks broadcasting vulgar behavior as comedy, teen are starting to record their fights and unmannerly conduct and post them on sites to be discovered. In the article entitled, “Peer Pressure, Media Fuels Youth Violence”, Susie L. Morris, the author, states how teens are,”… concentrating on entertainment and impressing each other and the camera,” (1). Consequently, more teens are beginning to crave the attention they receive from their acts of vulgarity, so they keep doing it. All in all, no matter how violent behavior is dissected, it is still evident that media violence is the main factor.