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The Negative Effects Of Media Violence In The Media

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While viewing and looking at many articles about violence portrayed in the media, I noticed that many violent images in the media such as movies, videogames, and music have inspired people to commit large amounts of violent acts, such as committing assaults and murders. It is proven that children can he affected by the violence in media, when they are at a small age. When adults, some can be more aggressive than others, and some may commit more crimes than others. Over 1,000 case studies have proven that media violence can have negative effects on children. It increases aggressiveness and antisocial behavior, makes them less sensitive to violence and to victims of violence, and it increases their appetite for more …show more content…

He has concluded that they went on their shooting rampage at Columbine High School after their parents took away their video game privileges. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold had a video game addiction for years. They were addicted to watching the violence through their tv screens, and when that was taken away from them, they snapped. The violence in video games today is too much for a child. Yes, video game companies rate them specifically for one age, but does anyone really follow that?
When you tune into the news, how many of their stories are actually good news, involving happy events? Most of them today involve burglaries and break ins, shootings, killings, deaths and so on. In reality, many believe that the media distorts crimes. Media, such as the news, gives the impression that crime is increasing, and becoming more violent than it already is. Wilson, B. (2012), also explains that violence portrayed in the media also has an affect on children, they start to develop fear and anxiety from the stories or images that are being portrayed. The media is very selective when it comes to what it wants to show. For example, an individual news channels can also choose what stories are told to the public. For example. Kathryn Steinle, who was 31 years old, and living in san francisco, and was out at lunch with her father, was fatally shot in the upper torso by an illegal immigrant. She

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