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  • Youth Violence And The Media
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    Youth Violence Youth violence is an escalating problem in American society today. There are many different factors that can be blamed for this problem. During the last decade of the twentieth century people began searching for answers to this dilemma which is haunting America. Many tragic school shootings have taken place within the last decade that have gained the attention of the public. As of now, no one can give the right answer to the problem or the reason that it happens because there is n...
  • Most Violent Media In The World
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    Understanding the Problem "Video games are not the source of violence in our society", says the president of the Interactive Digital Software Association Doug Lowenstein, "That's like blaming illiteracy on television. It's time we look at availability of guns and dysfunctional families as the source of violence-not games (Goodstein)". Entertainment producers argue that it is not their responsibility, but the responsibility of the parents to make sure that their own children are not exposed to me...
  • Violence In The Media
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    Where's the Problem, Media or Parents In the past few years, media violence has increased on television, in turn bringing inevitable resistance from concerned parents. What they don't stop to think about is that maybe the media is not the only area to blame. Parents are to blame when children are subjected to violence in the media, because it is due to an un dedicated parent, not a careless network or radio station. "Taking Aim", by Wendy Mellillo states, "While research indicates that viewing v...
  • Stephen Lawrence And Damiloa Taylor Murders
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    Hypothesis: Violence in the mass media has produced more violent behaviour in our society today. Introduction: My coursework is about the mass media influencing violence in our society today. I have chosen this subject as I am a teenager who realises how much violence there is on our streets today, where you cannot feel safe on the streets, there must be a reason why people decide to cause such a violent society and the media may be one, so I aim to find out whether it does or not, or maybe it i...
  • Video Games And Media Violence
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    According to news reports, 15-year-old high school freshman Charles 'Andy' Williams methodically shot and killed two classmates and wounded 13 others - smiling as he went and stopping at least once to reload the revolver he used in the attack - before being taken into custody by sheriff's deputies. He is being held without bond and apparently will be charged, appropriately, as an adult with murder ('Tragedy At Santee' 2001). Acts of minors killing minors across our nation is sadly becoming trend...
  • Violence In The Media
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    Which came first, the chicken or the egg This question is mimicked when addressing the topic of violence in the media. Which came first, violence in the media or media in a violent society There are strong arguments for both sides of this issue. Although violence in the media is very prevalent in todays society, it is not directly the cause of violent acts by children and adults because there are bigger issues that cause this epidemic. There is much evidence to be addressed that proves this. Sta...
  • Particular Moral Panic
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    The Media Effects Debate Moral Panics A moral panic is a term used to describe a sudden flurry of conservative attitudes towards the media (usually film or music) when something which is perceived as too shocking or graphic is released to the public. For example when the film Reservoir Dogs was released in the UK there was a "Moral Panic" because many thought that the wanton violence, and in particular the way the violence was treated by director Quentin Tarantino was offensive and repulsive. Th...
  • Increase Of Violence In America's Youth
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    Recently there has been a dramatic rise in violence among America's teenagers. The easy explanation is that adolescents are scripting their behavior after popular music, television programs and movies that depict graphic violence, and explicit scenes of gore. Numerous years of social science research has studied the relationship between exposure to media violence and adolescent violence (See, 1998, p. 129). Although the size of the effect is still in question, the correlation between the two is ...
  • Young Boys To Violence
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    As we look at our society and culture as a whole, we see that violence does exist in vast amounts. The problem of violence is compounded by the constant saturation that media coverage often provides. The media creates an almost artificial world for young people who do not have a single family member or extended family member to provide any small measure of love and kindness towards them. Naisbitt suggests that the boys involved in the Columbine shootings were absorbed in an environment full of v...
  • Does Media Violence Effect
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    "Children are among the greatest of imitators... ". The debate over media violence has eluded definitive answers for more then three decades. At first glance, the debate is dominated by one question. Whether or not media violence causes real life violence and whether or not it has a negative effect of the modern day Canadian family. Closer examination reveals a political battle. On one hand, there are those who blame media violence for societal violence and want to censor violent content to prot...
  • Effect Of Media Violence On Infants
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    Machine gun fire, explosions, and screams for help are only a few of the sounds that can be heard emanating from a child's bedroom today, while his parents listen nervously just outside his door. Horrified, these parents shake their heads ruefully, wondering at the power of entertainment available for kids nowadays. Sometimes they even argue whether it is right for their child to have access to this sort of violence: the kind found in most video games, television shows, and movies all over the w...
  • Television And Media Quenches Our Societies
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    Media is undoubtedly the greatest medium of communication in our society, but how does medias portrayal of violence affect us as a whole Is musics explicit lyrics and televisions raunchy and violent content the cause of our downfall, or is it merely an accurate depiction of todays society Two young males were fatally shot with multiple gun wounds to the head and chest, how many times have we all heard these words on the evening news Although the news is a media to educate us on the goings on in ...
  • Media Violence And Its Moral Panics
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    Over the years, media violence has increased dramatically in our society and aspects of media like newspapers, TV, films, videos, Internet. Violence, along with sex and drugs, are examples of moral panics. Moral panics are when society cannot accept or adjust to vast changes, or when groups of people or a new type of behaviour is seen as threat to society. In these circumstances single issues can quickly become the focus of panic. Recent moral panics in the media include explicit sex, video-nast...
  • Accent The Link Between Media And Violence
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    America: Freedom and Violence Imagine the emotionless testimony of a violent youngster, who may not realize he is fingering an accomplice as he quickly excuses his violent act, ! S SOh I don! |t know. I just saw it on TV. !" Countless acts of senseless violence in the past few decades have led our society to believe that although freedom of speech is a trait that separates America from many other countries, it has also made us more brutal. Media outlets such as television, movies, and music have...
  • Fantasy Violence On Tv And Computer Games
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    The Effects of Violence on TV Did you hear about the recent Jonesboro shootings in America where an 11-year-old and a 13-year-old shot down and killed four school mates and a teacher? The outrage has been put down to many things including exposure to violence in the media and computer games. Television authorities will tell you that TV doesn't breed murderers, and to some extent it is true, but the fantasy violence on TV and computer games is enough to tip a blood-drenched fantasy or perhaps a g...
  • Too Violent News Media
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    Human nature, not the media, is to blame for the violence that plagues our world. Countless violent acts are blamed on our television shows, magazines, and movies when in reality they only reflect the society that created them. Violence has existed as long as people have been in contact with each other. While the media does not necessarily promote this violence, it does not openly fight it. As long as man has walked the Earth there have been bloody and brutal wars and conflicts. Murder was not i...
  • Medias Accusations That A Single Song
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    Media and Murder Whos Really to Blame By allowing our opinion to be persuaded by the media in their depictions of the truth within particular news broadcasting stories, we are merely coinciding with the disillusions of the world in which we live. As a society, we would rather allow ourselves to be convinced by the media that sudden outbursts of violence can be directly linked to a logical explanation. The media therefore allows us to believe there is a reason for every violent act and we are not...
  • Violence With Aggressive Behavior In Children
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    A Threat to Our Society Violence is everywhere in our society today. It is in the sports we watch, the schools we attend, and even in many of our personal and domestic relationships. The question then becomes: what is causing all of this violence Certainly, there are a number of factors and the blame cannot be pinned on one source. One factor which must be examined, however, is the media and its influence on young people. Several incidents have occurred which prove, at the very least, that media...
  • Aggressive Behaviour In Boys
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    There is and has been much debate on how much, if any effect media violence has on children and their development. There are many studies suggesting that it does have an effect, and even demonstrating these effects. The NIMH report (1982) went as far as to say, "In magnitude, television violence is as strongly correlated with aggressive behaviour as any other variable that has been measured" (pp.? Hickey, 1995). Meanwhile, the makers of video games will argue that the statistics against media vi...
  • Violence On Television
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    Is society's violence the media's fault? There are many controversial issues connected to the media, but recently a great deal of attention has been given to the question of whether or not violence in the media influences one's behavior. Violence is the use of one's powers to inflict mental or physical injury upon another. Violence in entertainment reaches the public by way of television, movies, plays, and novels, but I believe that television is the most influential. I chose to do this topic b...

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