Analysis Of 'Videotape' By Don Delillo

The main purpose of the article written by Gerald Jones is to change the public perception of violent media for kids. He argues for this by saying violent media can actually have positive effects on young people because a violent media help the young people to gain self-knowledge and sense of potency through heroic combative storytelling. In addition to this, when young people are growing, watching a media action full pool of blood, killing, stabbing, screams of agony and pleas for mercy help them pull out of the emotional trap by plunging themselves into violent story. Jones also believes that violent media are a positive influence on children because pretend to have a superhuman power helps children defeat the feeling of impotent that inescapably

Imagine capturing a homicide on film by accident when you are just a child. Well in this short story titled “Videotape” by Don DeLillo which was published in 1994, a young girl by the age of 12 was recording with a video camera when she caught a murder. The story is being told by a man who is watching this footage over and over again. He is clearly in awe and shock of what he is witnessing in the video. Witnessing a murder is not easy for some people, and sometimes people do not know how to react to these type of things.

Nate Londa's visual called “Silence the Violence” was created with the intent to effectively present the negative impact of the mass media on the youths’ psychological development. More specifically, Londa's visual makes a powerful statement against children and adolescents being exposed to the portrayal of violent acts in the mass media, e.g., television, movies, music, and video games. At first glance, the central image shows an infant being left alone to his or her own devices and being bombarded with destructive objects. Furthermore, the bareness in the background enhances the central image by not only demonstrating that the child has no one to prevent them from having access of, and exposure to violent imagery, but also the

Society has been subjected to many violent acts over the course of its history. Although violence is immoral and wrong, somehow people everyday condone and commit violence for countless reasons. Many Hollywood films glorify mindless violence to their advantage and captivate audiences through its entertaining shock value and rake large box office profits. Car chases, crashes and glorified gladiator sword fights are all familiar scenes in which violence is portrayed in an unrealistic glamorised manner.

In his book, More Than a Movie: Ethics in Entertainment, F. Miguel Valenti examines nine “hot buttons” of violence – “creative elements that filmmakers use to manipulate viewers’ reactions to onscreen violence.” (99) These elements, posited by researchers conducting The National Television Violence Study (Valenti, 99) are “choice of perpetrator, choice of victim, presence of consequences, rewards and punishments, the reason for the violence, weapons, realism, use of humor, and prolonged exposure” (Valenti, 100) .

Acts of violence are detrimental when regarding its effects on human emotion. When exposed to too much violence, a person’s perception on society and even themselves begins to be altered. Nevertheless, just as violence can be disadvantageous to people, it can also be seen as an advantage as it causes citizens to realize that change needs to occur. In “Great to Watch,” the author, Maggie Nelson, discusses how society, especially Americans, have become desensitized to violence. Nelson also goes into depth to explain how society has become accustomed to violence due to the fact that people are exposed to it on a daily basis. In addition, Beth Loffreda discusses and explains the effects that a violent hate crime had on the town of Laramie, Wyoming

Sissela Bok opens a controversial topic on violence as entertainment which explores the effect of the increasing of violence both in fiction and in real life. Not only do films, television shows, and video games evidence an escalating level of graphic violence, but daily news of war and other human brutality are as bad as well. As less time pass on doing physical activities and an increase in using electronic devices as increases, particularly by teens, there is growing concern about a possible link between violence viewing content and actual behavior. Bok draws a balanced image, naming some possible benefits from violence. One of the benefits could be the redirection of human physical and verbal aggression and the confrontation of fears in

The truth is, people don’t think much about it until happens somewhere near them ‒– beyond, of course, the ones who realize the growing plight of the country we live in and thus recognizing the flawed ways of our government and society. When you grow up in Negaunee, Michigan, the most stimulating thing to happen to oneself is journeying somewhere other than Negaunee, Michigan. It made everywhere else seem exciting and new, as you might expect. But until you become an active citizen of the United States, or even just slightly more aware of your surroundings, do you start to realize the harsh and cruel truth that is this country. There has been more than 350 mass shooting in America just this year.

Another social aspect surrounding mass shootings in America is the over-sensationalism of these large-scale murders. Within minutes of the gunshots, news outlets are pumping out articles and notifications on people’s laptops and cellular devices. Within hours, articles with victims and suspects names are published worldwide. However, researchers are beginning to see a trend. As the media pumps out more and more coverage of mass shooting events, unfortunately, we’ve begun to see viewers become desensitized to the information. This is a form of adaptation. Humans will naturally adapt to their certain aspects of their environment once it becomes regular, cyclical, or over-produced. Humans have a threshold of how much new information they can retain. As viewers watch the new headlines of mass shootings erupt more frequently and more regularly, instead of being continuously shocked and horrified, we become desensitized and the information gets stored into our brains automatically and often without much grief or sorrow for the new massacre perpetrated that

How will tomorrow’s killers be inspired by today’s mass shootings? It is quite simple. These killers gain inspiration and motivation every day. Unfortunately, tragedies, such as mass shootings, gain more recognition for the perpetrators instead of the victims. Gaining publicity will enhance the enactment of these crimes. We crave to find what is the reason behind this “trend”. A trend that induces fear and will continue to until the lineage breaks. But, this lineage appears to be infinite. A lack of understanding and jumping to conclusions only distracts us from the linkage between how the media pursues to deliver the information and mass shootings. The media’s clenching thirst for information will only proceed to more mass shootings, competition

Media Violence Currently observed increase in the number of crimes related to violence, especially among children and adolescents, makes us think what is the main causes of violence in society that leading us to it? We live in the world of fear, when each of us waiting for a moment when random guy from the streets will kidnap us then torture and kill. And mostly this “random guy” is Latinos, black or Muslim. This stereotypes were created in our mind because of media that controlled by government, however it not only creates stereotypes, but also it makes us act violent against each other. Nowadays the media portrays drugs, sex, guns, even though they know that most of their viewers are kids, so media builds the base of violence in children’s minds.

In my essay, I argue that the media, in particular the news, has a bigger influence in mass shootings then other stimuli like; access to guns, violent video games, and mental illness. By exploring the news’ role in mass shootings we can begin to discuss the changes that can be made in the way they broadcast. While the news believes they are just doing their duty and reporting the news while also honoring the victims, there really just honoring the perpetrator. With the news portraying the culprit as a hero, relieving what and how many weapons he used, and the amount of people he or she killed they help encourage future perpetrators to “beat the score”.

The consequences and devastation of youth assaults on the streets are the most relevant and disturbing problems for young photographer Carlos Javier Ortiz. In his widely known collection titled “Too Young to Die: Examining a Lost Generation in America”, the artist offers a deep, intimate depiction of the cruel realities of gun violence in the modern world. Documentary images literally scream about injustice, impunity, savagery, and anguish upon weapon-based tragedies: parents that are mourning young heirs, wounded boys and girls in crowded hospitals, helpless children outside their houses and schools. The image and social context of Ortiz’s documentary address not only the real world ramifications of weapons, but also condemn the part of society which neglects obvious existing problems.

Media violence is one of the most debated public issues society faces today. Television screens are loaded with the glamorization of weapon carrying. Violence constitute as amusing and trivialized. Needless portrayals of interpersonal violence spread across the television screens like wild fire. Televisions spew the disturbing events such as children being assaulted, husbands inflicting domestic abuse on their wives and children succumbing to abuse by their parents. Scenes of betrayal, anguish, infiltrate the television screen. Unfortunately, a child becomes subjected to media violence. Everything a child sees or hears in the media affects them in some way or another. The precise effects of media violence on children are

Oliver Stone’s 1994 classic, Natural Born Killers, excited and traumatized its audiences while also causing controversy. The tale of white trash lovers caught up in a realm of chaos that includes a continuous murderous rampage from state to state, draws in audiences with its graphic violence and riveting pulse inducing music. Yet, the message of this film seems to be much deeper than just exposing audiences to yet another chaotic action movie filled with guns, blood and mayhem. Stone’s Natural Born Killers examines the subject of media’s investment in serial murder very thoroughly, and so it seems likely that it has the potential to offer a more rigorous interrogation of the nature of the American public’s fascination with the serial