Lethal Weapon: A Theoretical Analysis

The influence of media is ubiquitous as we are all exposed to it, and influenced by the messages they attempt to sell. For example, the trope of science gone wrong is a classic plotline of science fiction that is present enough in media to give anyone a sense of paranoia. Media is indeed a force to reckon with. In a world in which the success of media is based off of its audience, the question arises to: to what extent may media alter truth to gain attention, and how may media influence society’s values?

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) .

The american sniper is a very awesome topic that i wanted to write about for my last year. The reason why i wanted to do it is because i have four relatives in the army marine and the navy and the Airforce. So i want us to remember the sniper which is chris kyle he was a very awesome and couraging person to me. when me and my dad went to watch the movie i didn’t move one time except for a drink and food.so i hope you have a chance to watch the movie american sniper. Chris kyle was a character that would do anything for the freedom. When i heard that the veterans give us this freedom i was shocked about it, plus i have some relatives that are veterans that i really care about,but one the characters is my loving father he was in the army for 24 years.he started at the age of 18. I willing to bet u that chris kyle started being a veteran when he was young. Chris Kyle was one of my favorite characters in the movie american sniper, but when i read that Chris kyle died i was so sad for a month that i really didn’t want to do anything at all with war games or watch any war movies because every time i saw someone

The standard that the courts established that allows police to use deadly force to effect an arrest is appropriate. An officer cannot utilize deadly force to arrest an individual unless there is probable cause to believe that the person poses a threat to commit serious bodily harm to the officer or someone else. The use of deadly force to prevent a fleeing felon from escaping is disproportionate and unconstitutional. An officer may use deadly force if he has given appropriate notice to arrest, and there is a reason to believe that the violent fleeing felon will put the police or the community in imminent danger. Deadly force may be reasonable under certain circumstances where there is a fear of harm to you or someone else. This standard is

American television viewers have an insatiable appetite for televised violence, and as they become desensitized to violent images they seek out stronger images. The image providers have discovered a novel way to increase the intensity of the violent images -- move away from entertainment violence and show real violence. In the past few years real "life and death" programming has become more commonplace on television, both as news and entertainment programming. Shows like Cops, Real Life Encounters with Wild Animals, and Real Highway Pursuits have begun to appear on our television screens with an incresing regularity. These programs routinely show acts of real violence, caught on home video. Television news directors have adopted the credo "if it bleeds, it leads" to such an extent that it has almost become cliche. The thrill of watching fake violence is waning and being replaced by the drama of watching real violence. And the higher the body count, the more we watch.

Assume a officer faces the subsequent deadly force situation: He responds, together with 2 different officers, to a residence as a results of a 911 call from the house owner. Dispatch reports the homeowner’s son vulnerable her with a table knife, however she was able to shake off the residence.

Utilizing the new sensation of technological media, with its instant projection to a broader audience base, can be both advantageous and unfavorable. As media is frequently updating

were helping the opposing side. Even though the sniper shot the other sniper he also got injured .This supports the theme that no one wins in a civil war because the sniper killed the enemy but he also got shot. People's daily lives are interrupted. People had to leave their homes and shops. They left because they had to escape the violence that was going around them.

Police technology continues to evolve and become better. One area that has seen a lot of recent attention is the use of less lethal weapons by law enforcement. Less lethal weapons are described as weapons that are alternatives to traditional firearms. Some examples of less lethal weapons are Tasers, OC spray, Batons, and hand combative techniques (CITATION). Less lethal weaponry still have the potential to cause serious bodily harm or death; however they are a safer alternatives to subdue non-compliant suspects than the use of firearms. The use of these weapons by untrained civilians may look violent in person or on video but they actually save lives and reduce injury to suspects and officers alike. As mentioned by (CITATION), officers have

The show How to Get Away with Murder includes characters of various ethnicities, backgrounds, and sexual orientations. Not only does the show make an attempt at diversity, though, it goes a step beyond that. The characters that are introduced and the backgrounds that are explored in this episode give the show depth. In many shows there is what is referred to as a “token minority.” An example of this can be seen quite clearly in the show, The Walking Dead. Take, for instance, the character of T-Dog. He was on the show for almost two entire seasons, (Are We Still…) and yet, was the only flat character to have made it that far. There were no dynamics to his character whatsoever, which was something that every other character on the show had at this point. To prove this point further, his “replacement” was introduced immediately before his death, so as not to upset any minorities watching, as well as to maintain the token minority presence on the show. In How to Get Away with Murder, and specifically in the episode “Mama’s here now,” the writers step away from this idea and instead strengthen the backgrounds of the show’s main characters. The characters in How to Get Away with Murder are realistic and legitimate, each with an

In today’s society, remaining connected and knowledgeable of current events and the newest trends is vital to staying ahead in business, education, and social standing. This information is supplied to everyone through the internet, newspapers, television, and radio. One can tune into stations such as CNN, NBC, Fox News, Al-Jazeera, and many others (“SQs of Media Outlets”). In order to meet the needs of viewers, readers, and listeners, the ideal media system would contain accurate, quick information, with a purely impartial view on the facts as they are known. However, this modern media system has not maintained an objective view, pushing opinionated and slanted reporting onto the population in order to create profit and gain customers. The exploitation of information media for personal gain has created a toxic and inaccurate present, constant in today’s society.

America was founded under the premise of freedom, hence the “Bill of Rights”. However, society is violent, furthermore, society has always been violent, and always will be. The only answer to violence, is the willingness to respond with violence, additionally, the willingness to execute that ability. In America, we have Law Enforcement officers, brave men and women who are willing to shed blood, and lay down their lives for society. This is an enormous amount of responsibility, which we empower our brave men and women, to protect us from violent predators. Therefore, the justification of deadly force is clear, and precise, furthermore, universally applied across America.

In Neil Postman’s book Amusing Ourselves to Death (1985), Postman argues that the information shared with the American populace is shaped by the forms of media that are used. By giving a history of the changing types of American media and the effect that each has on the information given, Postman supports his claim. Postman’s purpose is to prove that media changes the information given to the public in order to call awareness to the validity of our news. Postman writes to an audience who is educated by media and was raised through knowledge shared by media.

In the beginning of A Time to Kill, there is a scene where an innocent ten-year-old black girl goes to the grocery store for her parents. While she was walking home two white men raped her and left her in the woods. Erik Erikson contended that adolescent identity formation is followed in young adulthood by a developing capacity for intimacy (Myers, 2014, p.). Intimacy is the ability to form emotionally close relationships. Because she was raped, she may not be able to form romantic relationships or be able to trust anyone. She also began to isolate herself from her family and friends and was pessimistic about new friendships and relationships.

“A lie told once remains a lie but a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth” – Joseph Goebbels, German Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. This is the exact words of Nazis most famous propagandist in using media as a mass weapon of propaganda and mind control. Could you imagine Germany in 1930s, without Television channel, without the Internet, without every mobile device in your palm, what channel of information will you get? Of course, newspapers, flies, images, celebrities were used as tools for propaganda purposes, designed to provoke a reaction, and ultimately, a form of control over their citizen. Nowadays, with all the advanced of technologies, information can reach everyone in every corner of the Earth, the message is delivered in the subtlest ways, without people’s conscious, has shaped everyone’s decision, or at least shape their behavior toward the decision that the orchestrator want the audience to perceive. With the booming of internet, information sharing seamlessly, we must ask ourselves, the role of media in conveying, shaping the society that we are living in. Let look at few examples of U.S propaganda machine, and later, the particular case of fish sauce in Viet Nam back in October 2016.