Psychosocial Assequences Of The Media

Violent Media: Young Minds being Affected In today's society the media is very influential on children. Children at a young age are learning so many different things, for instance violence. When children are watching very mature content they learn about violence and become very aggressive.

In society, psychological disorders can be hard to understand. Sometimes the media can portray how people act with a certain disorder that is unlikely of the person with the disorder. Not everything that is shown in the media is right about psychological disorders. Media can make psychological disorders very clear, exaggerated, and some could be completely wrong.

How has violence in the mass media affect young youth and teenagers in their daily life in today 's society? Violence in the Mass Media is shaping young youth and teenager’s brains in their early aged of life, impacting their daily lives and delivering the wrong message. The media are sure the messenger but not always it delivers a healthy a message. Violence in the mass media is leading young youth and teenagers to think violence is acceptable, they commit crimes in society, and violence in the mass media will result in emotional desensitization.

In 1997, a site call "Six Degrees" was founded based off the concept of "six degrees of separation". Lasting from 1997 to 2001 Six Degrees allowed users to create a profile and then friend other users. Six Degrees even allowed those who didn’t register as users to confirm friendships and connected quite a few people this way. From here, the internet exploded into an era of media blogs and instant messaging. People were suddenly able to communicate with others instantly as well as posting personal, unedited personal views with other readers. From there, ICQ was born and many Gen-X members ushered in the AIM/AOL time which is generally agreed as the start of the social media revolution. By 2003, over 100 million people had access to the internet and the MySpace boom started, and in 2005 Facebook and Twitter became almost common place.

Television, movies, and video games have a great influence on the minds of today's youth. But, what exactly are the effects of such an influence? Certain people have exaggerated the effects that these media have on today's youth. Many people, including government officials, have singled out these three media sources as the cause of some types of violence simply because it is an easy target for laying the blame. The truth is that television, movies, and video games are nowhere near the actual causes for acts of violence and other crimes. Studies on the issue are, at best, inconclusive on the issue. Many people believe that television, movies, and video games are the

When a person thinks of the word “criminal” they will probably say it is a corrupt, unintelligent individual that has committed a horrible crime. According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, the word “criminal” is defined as “any person involved in illegal activity”. They are often portrayed in novels and movies as horrible and sometimes even inhumane creatures, but being labeled as a criminal could mean the individual has done a crime that was ethically wrong also. Once a person is labeled as a criminal they often face an onslaught of unfair and sometimes unjust prejudice. In addition to being looked down upon, people tend to disregard the accused’s moral stature and their personal dignity. Long ago people thought criminals were awful beings, but today people have less of a harsh definition of criminals. In some ways people today idolize the way criminals act and what they do. The media portrays criminals to be a certain way and that allows society to somehow admire criminals more.

At an undeveloped age, adolescents’ minds are similar to sponges, they absorb everything they see or hear, picking up on everything. However, we continue to let our youngsters watch the corruption, viciousness, and the unsuitable linguistics frequently originated in the media today, but we don’t turn and blame ourselves, we blame the media they cultured it from. Why? As parents it’s our responsibility to filter what our children are exposed to. The media doesn’t force the violence on the young children, but they are setting standards for what children may think is ordinary behavior or language. (Felson) Violence is found in almost everything anymore, regardless of the movie, show or video games. There is some type of violence involved, and it’s almost becoming “normal”. (Felson) With forcefulness being observed in animations, sports, sitcoms and dramas, it’s likely to make children believe that this type of behavior is adequate. “Psychologists have discovered that elevated exposure of violent video games can be linked to delinquency, fighting at school, during play time, as well as brutal criminal actions”. (Felson) Although, it isn’t only the violence on the television that is to blame for portraying the violent behavior. All over the world, media is influencing our behavior. Do you believe it’s as powerful and influencing as many say it is?

The world that we lived in is all surrounding with media, people use the media every day and everything; such as watching television, using the computer, and talking on the phone. On the media we could learn and find out the information that we need. And we can also share our personal information on the media. Media gives us a lot of convenient in our life, but there are also some negative impacts. Media has a lot of negative impacts which it could be affected on children and adolescents.

Media in terms of television, internet, constantly portrays image of celebrities dressed in a particular way and this does to a large extent influence people to follow the same trends as they conjure up the image that that is the latest fashion. Thus results in their changing taste and preference for certain goods and services. This proves that people's taste and preference is influenced more by what is shown on the television rather than just what they actually like. Moreover, the media can also influence people in terms of their behaviour example, media is one of the main factors for the changing crime rates, violence, sexuality and more. For example, there was a case in India where a student had stabbed his teacher as his teacher had complained to his parents that his proficiency in Hindi was poor and that he had to do something to improve it. When asked what had actually motivated him to do so, the boy had mentioned that he was influenced by a recent Bollywood film called 'Agneepath' which had a lot of violent scenes. He mentioned that it was only after watching that movie that he was inclined to stab his teacher. This indeed serves as evidence to show the extent to which the media in its various forms could influence people into believing that certain deeds are fine to do though in reality it may not be therefore causing them to engage in the wrong behaviour

Mass media has a stranglehold on our society and it is uncomfortable to think about just what it effects and whether it is good or harmful. The tools that helped me to gain a better understanding of how much the social media and technology package, influences our decisions, social changes and even our buying habits were very subtle. The articles chosen for this class aided in a deeper understanding of just how we use mass media and how it in turn uses us. It seemed simple to start with, the choice of free will, or to tune out mass media seems easy, however the 48-hour experiment was a wake up call as it brought up many emotional issues for many people. The response that is elicited from listening to a specific type of music, the advertisements we are subjected to and the overall poor social message that mass media plays a part in is overwhelming. When given the opportunity to examine how lasting these effects can be we see a part of ourselves that we have become so unaware of that it is not even a separate entity. Our social response to the news, the world events, current events, and local news, has become a doctored version or ideal of what the mass media corporations would like you to react to. The 48 hour experiment proposed by Dr. Kadi shed some much needed light on how seriously advertising affects our mental and social health. Mental health problems are at an all time high and I believe one of major contributing factors is the exposure to mass media.

When we look at the media’s impact in our world it reaches far beyond the individual. While we may spend a large portion of our day individually consuming media, it affects us all in a way that has begun to shape our society. What we see on the news, TV, movies, advertisements, and the internet, all influence what we think and how we act. A quick example is how body image is affected by what we see in media. Teenage girl’s body image is especially distorted based on what the media says they should look like rather than what is realistic. In many more ways, mass media has integrated its way into our lives and it affects us at a societal level when it comes to what we think, how we act, and how we perceive violence in our world.

Since the early 1900 technology has advance tremendously, the things we can do with the internet and hand-held devices is mind boggling compared to where we started from. I would say that the first mass media outlet was the publication on new papers which was able to reach out to more than a small town. After newspapers magazines became the social portion people looked to magazines to find out what was going on in the entertainment world. After that came Radio broadcasting. Families would sit around the radio to here news stories and stories being acted out for them. The next step up television in the begin it was rare to have a television in your home but between the 50’s & 60’S the popularity of the television skyrocketed. In the late 70’ early 80’s we wanted to be able to move around more and do more. With the introduction of Computers, we were able to collect and store more data but getting the information to everyone that needed it was still a challenge. Once

Despite there being numerous sources and names for media and information, large conglomerate companies have emerged over the last several decades that own a majority of media outlets in the United States and throughout the world. These conglomerates operate in an assortment of business opportunities. The “big six” as they are commonly referred, own up to 90% of the American media market share (Lutz), and that number is growing. The big six companies include G.E., News Corporation, Disney, Viacom, Time Warner, and CBS. To demonstrate this growth of consolidation, that same 90% of the American media was owned by fifty independent companies in 1983 (Lutz). These figures are outstanding, as they relate and intersect with Stuart Hall’s idea of

The effect that the media has on people’s lives has its pros and cons. For instance, if one wanted to spread a message the media is a good source of advertisement and a quick way to get the word out. But if one wanted to keep something they were doing a secret, the media would negatively affect them because it could imply the wrong messages and then ruin one’s reputation. The media has a very creative way of portraying scandals and catching people while they are in the act. The media rarely focuses on an individual being joyous and successful but more so on one’s failures and mistakes. With the current more somber and "responsible" approach often comes a bowdlerized view of the candidates and the politics surrounding them. The media, in its desire to avoid unsubstantiated political allegations, can easily find itself instead providing unsubstantiated exonerations (prorev.com).

To begin, some might ask What is mass media? Mass media is a large form of communication through various sources such as television, radio, telecommunications, newspaper, magazines and the internet. “Media in its various forms is omnipresent in modern life. It can shape our attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors in a variety of ways. One arena in which the media can exert a variety of influences is the legal system. The media, psychology, and the law intersect in a wide variety of contexts. Exposure to media, such as violent video games and pornography, can increase legally relevant behaviors such as aggression and criminal behaviors. Media can be used to facilitate or engage in criminal activity, such as pedophiles’ use of social media to access children and the use of the internet for cyberbullying.” (Groscup, 2015, pg. 314-315) To some extent, media is responsible for contributing negative feelings among individuals that have been exposed to it. Studies have shown that early exposure to malicious or violent films, books publishing vulgar adult content and news exposing horrendous social practices has a long-lasting impact on younger viewers. If children are exposed to fight sequences, stunt work, sex and/ or rape scenes, suicides and murders through the public media, they are bound to leave damage on these young impressionable minds. Children aren’t the only ones subjected to these platforms, adults may also be impacted. Adults may be expected to have the maturity to distinguish between the good and the bad, but when you bombard yourself with only the bad it can affect one at the subconscious level. “The news media are not mirrors, simply reflecting events in society...It has been