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Media Violence Opposing Viewpoints

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Media violence’s history began in the 1950s when television became a mainstream media; TV networks sought a simple successful formula to increase their revenues. In present day “an average of 150 acts of violence and about 15 murders entertain us and our children every week, and that does not count cartoons and news” (Gerber, G. 1996). The average American child has viewed at least 40,000 murders and 200,000 violent acts, according to the research of TV-Turnoff Network research. The excess of violence on TV and the video game industry accompanied by the absence of parental love and involvement creates a dissident reality that can only increase the level of aggressiveness in children. Violent media content can also discourage creativity and …show more content…

This is particularly true for the vulnerable: those living alone, children, women and older people. Glamorized and sanitized violence in media confuses and destroys a strong sense of values, a compassion and understanding of one another’s culture and humanity that we (parents) aspire to instill in our youth and children. (Edgar, P. 1999) “Media Violence: Opposing Viewpoints” edited by William Dudley conveys the reader with key statistics, and explanations to understand the difficulty of media violence. The data includes the following: “47% of all violent intercommunications display no harm to victims, and 58% show no agony. Similarly less recurrent is the illustration of an everlasting aftermath of violence. Evidence also shows that only 16% of all programs depict the long-term negative backlash of assault, such as cognitive, monetary, or poignant harm, apart 4% of violent programs engage a robust anti-violent …show more content…

Television is also consorting children as a common way of solving problems and grant the message that there is many people who deserve violent treatment. There have been experiments done by George Gerbner that lead to the conclusion that adults who watch violent films daily are not bothered by them after a while. One example of this could be doctors, when doctors first start their career certain cases disturb them, but after a while they are no longer surprised or bothered by most

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