Violence in the Media

Many video games, television programs, adverts, films and

music lyrics depict different forms of violence. Some people feel that

there is too much violence exposed in the media. Many studies have

made the claim that the media is responsible for much of the violence

seen in the world we live in. However, people have choices and

responsibilities we cannot allow ourselves to blame it on other things

such as the media. The violence seen in our media has an impact on

both adults and children. Since children are also exposed to various

forms of media, there has been additional concern for how they process

and think about the violence they see, read or hear. Excessive

exposure to media violence can also affect people in many ways as they

can become disturbed and develop serious fears of being victimized in

real life. Nevertheless, the entertainment industry and those in

favour of the media argue that censoring these images or music will

not solve the problems of a society, which is already violent.

Many areas of the media contain violence in different forms. There are

four different types of violence shown throughout media-actuality,

realistic fictional, choreographed and comic. Actuality shows the

public images that have not been enhanced, altered or composed. These

are mainly shown in TV news and newspapers and have stirred various

opinions of its necessity to be shown. People feel that it is

unacceptable to show these kinds of images, as some scenes can be of

those in agony therefore pointing a camera on them is disrespectful.

However some actuality images are less harmful as it may not be an

extreme act such as tackles in football matches. Realistic fictional

is when violence is acted out which can potentially happen in real

life. This may be unacceptable to people as it can be influential and

seem as exciting therefore there are temptations to copy it.

Choreographed violence in the media are images that have been

rehearsed and planned out, these are often found in films and cause a