Violence In Media

Our society would become much better overall as well. People are quick to blame violence in our society on television, movies, or video games because they are simple and easy targets. I think we have to stop looking at television for the cause of kids and violence and attack the real causes for the violence in our society. Violence in television, or movie, or video game will not make a kid kill someone else. A lot of kids watch violent images all the time, and only a very small percentage of them actually commit violent crimes.

When children see a violence, they want to imitate for it. After playing violent games, a teenager may lash out, if things do not go on his or her way. The creators of violent video games cannot stop.According to the lawyer Jack Thompson the creators of violent games take an income more than $246000000. The violent video games brought two teenagers to the murder. It is a real problem said Jack Thompson.

According to Strasburger and Grossman, (2001) the offenders of recent school shootings were exposed to and captivated by many different forms of violent media. Children are more susceptible to being influenced by their surroundings and, unlike adults, they cannot always distinguish between reality and fiction. Violent media has a clear, negative effect on the ... ... middle of paper ... ...hieve the same status as their idol. Overall, violent media places our children in unnecessary danger. There is no way to end violence in the media, but by understanding its effects on children, society can develop new ways to protect our youth.

There have been many big controversies over videogames but the biggest controversy is violence in video games. Many parents believe that video games will corrupt their children's minds. Thats not always true because many kids can play a game knowing the difference between reality and imagination. Children learn a lot from their parents so if parents tell the kids before they buy them a game that it is reality and that they should never do it. In recent studies by American Psychological Association (APA) and Brown University that violent video games like shooters can boost children's learning, health, and social skills (washingtonpost).

Violent media can also lead children to have a lack of sensitivity toward others who are in pain. However the most common and well known effect of violent media on children is the increased aggression and harmful behavior toward themselves and others. Younger children who are exposed to violent television shows or movies can often become confused and end up fearing the world around them. “Before age 4, children are unable to distinguish between fact and fantasy and may view violence as an ordinary occurrence” (Beresin, Eugene). When children are age four and younger are exposed to violence in the media it is the same as if they witnessed it in real life.

Al... ... middle of paper ... ...sive because they don’t see a problem with it. Parents can limit the amount of television their child watches, and by simply doing that, their child’s behavior would change to being less aggressive. Along with the violence in television, people around the world are also becoming extremely dependent on technology and this would greatly increase in the future, for the simple fact that human’s believe technology makes everything easier. References American Psychological Association (2008). Violence in the Media — Psychologists Study TV and Video Game Violence for Potential Harmful Effects.

Is that really what we want for the children of our country? Hundreds of studies of the effects of TV violence on children and teenagers have found that children may become "immune" to the horror of violence {quote?}. Gradually they even accept violence as a way to solve problems, imitating the violence they observe on television, as well as identifying with certain characters, victims and/or victimizers. One might ask If we know what is happening, why do they put violence on television? The basic reason is because violence is what people want to see.

Our nation needs to look at issues like this closer to try and reduce or even stop shootings and violence due to the things adolescents view through media. Throughout the years, adolescents have had constant access to the Internet, television, and video games to do whatever they want without much supervision, which in return has caused tragedies. With all of the shootings that have occurred throughout the past couple of years, more evidence has emerged that media violence does in fact have a vast impact on adolescents. Although many people believe that media violence leads to societal violence among adolescents there are some who think they have nothing to do with each other. A person could have a problem associated with violence well before they started playing video games and if that is the case, they need to know the difference between what is not real in the games to handling situations in reality.

This shows that media violence can be linked to aggressive behavior and that violent media can affect the minds of some young children and teens. Studies in the past decade have helped prove that sometimes the media can be bad for kids. The outcome of playing first-person shooter games could end up in innocent lives dying like in Newtown. Young children are exposed to violence every day. In TV shows, books, games, cartoons, movies, and the internet, violence is a part of everyone’s lives, but especially those of young kids.

Children are trained to have a low consideration of life due to what they see in these types of movies. Seeing violence on a regular basis desensitizes children and creates a t... ... middle of paper ... ...der to solve this problem, people need to realize that their desire to see violence has an adverse impact on the youth of today. Music is the least of our worries; we need to focus on the real issues. Work Cited Pitofsky, Roberto (1999 June, 5). The Influence of Violent Entertainment: What is to be done?