Media Violence

In “Violent Media Is Good for Kids” the author Gerard Jones tries persuading his readers on violent media and the reasons

Violent Media is Good for Kids, by Gerald Jones; a persuasive article written by a comic book author that analyzes how exposing children to violent media has positive effects in shaping a person. This article was written as a counter-argument to the negative response media received after a horrific mass shooting that took place at a high school. Jones defends violent media by telling of his own personal experience with it, thus glorifying it in the process. Jones argues in his article that violent media is a helpful resource for children and it does not necessarily harm them. Jones’ argument was effective and very convincing. He defends his stance by continuously stating the positives that violent media has had not only on him, but his own son as well.

Richard Rhodes the author of “Hollow Claims about Fantasy Violence” expresses that the media’s portrayal of violence has no influence on those that view it. One of the first tactics that Rhodes used was by attacking the flaws of Organizations who blamed entertainment for the issues of violent behaviors. He claims that due to increased social control over the years has caused a decline in violence. Rhodes’ used thought-provoking tactics attempting to disprove that violence is influenced from the media instead he believes that violence is stemmed from personal violent encounters. Although Rhodes brought about very good points to dispute that violence is not caused by entertainment, it is not convincing.

While it gives the impression that Gerald Jones could be wrong in his arguments, there is an aspect of truth at least from his case studies he took in his research. In addition, while no one would support exposure of the young children to violence and violent scenes, not at least in a stable civilization like America, it is quite evident that violent media provides the children and the young people in the society with certain message in life. It becomes clear that the

In the media there is a great deal of violence and nobody can really deny that. However, the effects media has on children and young adults have been debated for years. In this paper I will be discussing the effects of media violence, the other factors, and the possible solutions to alleviate this global issue.

In the mean world syndrome video, several points are discussed about how violence in the media affects viewers. Although violent crimes has decreased over the years, the media has been showing more violent acts than before. Children have been affected by this phenomenon and it has had a disturbing effect on them too. The media should be more proactive with being fair and less damaging in the future.

The article on violent media is good for kids By: Gerald Jones was a fantastic article. In the article Jones talks about how certain forms of violent media is good for children. There are all a lot of points that go with his statement, or go against it. In this paper I will be talking about Jones’s ideas and point of view on his article.

In her article “It’s Easy, but Wrong, to Blame the Music” Rosen writes from parent’s perspective but keeps teenagers and children in mind. She argues that Gansta rap music just reflect the violence, but do not create it. Just because an artist sings about violence, it does not mean that he or she encouraging listeners to perform it. Her key purpose is to make people aware of music instead of making people dislike music because of its bad content of lyrics. She present music as an opportunity for parents to understand their children well through the type of music they listen. She deny the complete censorship of music, because she understand that censorship of music does not prepare children for the real world. This article is interesting and

Frequently, the gansta rap has been the center of attention on national debates regarding the amount of violence in the media and its effects on America’s youth. In some occasions, there have been cases in where political experts and television analysts have accused individual rap starts for real life tragic events. However, it is imperative to understand that if hip hop music is violent, it is because the songs express the reality that African American live on a daily basis. In order to be objective on this matter, it is essential to look past the controversy and acknowledge that it is unrealistic for one particular

Gerard Jones main claim in his essay is that he believes that stories that we read to children at a young age that have “media violence” are used well by children (222). In a sense of words this could be true. Jones essay also says that children tend to use violence to get over traumatic situations. He give the example of September 11, He remembers kids talking about the horrid pictures they had seen and then then children play with airplanes pretending to crash them into buildings. There parents on the other hand were much different and shaken up and scared. He says this comes from the children going up playing graphical video games. I believe this is true, with kids who are allowed to watch or play violent games or shows. As in the situation

Furthermore, Carol Olsen proclaims, in an article titled “Carol Olson: Senior Columnist: Too much violence on TV and movies”, it states shockingly “there has been a mass shooting somewhere in America ALMOST monthly since 2009”. Her belief is that the violence in the media, including video games, teaches the viewer to “shoot and kill people just for the fun of it” and that in addition to that the reality based television programs portray family members that behave badly toward one another. Dishonesty and loss of values are what is portrayed by these families via many lies and deceitful behavior, and Olsen’s belief is that it is not possible to be surrounded by so much cruelty and anger without it having an effect on you; I agree wholeheartedly. Contrarily, some of the supporters of these types of programs defer to the first amendment and claim that censorship violates their freedom of speech, and in a way I agree that it does; however, I believe as a society we must weigh the pros and the cons, and that the

Lastly the government should not be able to regulate media violence because it is protected by the Freedom of Speech in the First Amendment. Violence in the media is nothing more than ideas from the people of society. Society, according to the First Amendment, is allowed to express what they feel freely and without opposition. Adults are still upset by the increasing amount of violence in the media although they have the choice whether or not to watch what they choose. If adults do not care to watch violence they can easily choose not to.

Jones refines the thesis by backing up his claims with experiences. He provides children stories, his personal and his son’s experiences and the experiences with the children that he has helped to back up his main claim. The targeted audience for Jones essay is parents. He wants to let his audience know that violent media is good for them. I don’t think his essay will persuade the audience but I think it will let them know that violent media is not always bad. Personally, I don’t have any experiences like this but I agree with Jones statement that violent media has “helped hundreds of people for everyone it's hurt" (80) to some extent because I think violent media will help them in some ways but they should realize that some of the things that

In this era of internet connectivity, access to an array of violent media stimuli is readily available. Scientific exploration of the effects of such exposure on real world violent behaviour carries potential ramifications for the safety of global communities. Media violence is understood here as stimuli that includes depictions of violence or calls to violent action and includes image, video, television and gaming. Violent behavior is defined as behavior causing emotional or physical harm expressed verbally or physically. Whilst there remains no causal proof for the

In today’s world, there is an endless amount of information available to people everywhere around the globe. Mass media is definitely shaping our world, whether it is in a positive way or a negative way. Television and the radio waves provide us with hours of entertainment. The emergence of the Internet allows us to access thousands of pages of information within the reach our very own fingertips. But with the convenience of all this information comes along a certain level of responsibility. As a society, we Americans must decide what is appropriate information and entertainment for the masses to access and enjoy. But does today’s society give too much leeway in what it thinks as “appropriate?” Does increased