Media Violence

Media Violence

Violence in the media has been around since the time of the Egyptians and Romans. Violence has always played a part in entertainment. Current programs such as WWE, glorifies the use of violence and it attracts millions of audiences around the world, mostly youth. Besides that, videogames such as Grand Theft Auto, and first person shooting games such as Counter Strike, Call of Duty. These are just some of that I personally have played before. These numbers could be attributed to the decrease in influence of the family as the child forms its mindset during its tender years as a kid. If juvenile crime and violence were a function of watching television, then incidents of violence and crime would be more evenly distributed across demographic and geographic boundaries according to the availability of television. As a matter of fact, the rates vary greatly from community to community, class to class (McMasters, 1998). Some experts believe that the frequent and graphic violence in the critically acclaimed film Saving Private Ryan is a reminder that the portrayal of violent behavior can serve artistic and moral purposes. (Source: Center for Media and Public Affairs, 1999).

In conclusion, personally I agree with experts such as Paul McMasters that violence in the media has been steadily declining and the media doesn’t influence the person to act violently. The blame should not be placed solely on the media alone. Everyone has the responsibility of aducation young people that violence is not the way to settle things.

Reference List

1)      Media Awareness Network, 2009. ‘Media Violence Debates’.                                           http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/violence/violence_debates.cfm

2)      McMasters P. 1998, ‘Getting the facts straight on media violence’. http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=4533