To What Extent Is Media Violence Related to Aggressive and Violent Behavior?

Viewing violence encourages children to see other people as enemies rather as individuals with thoughts and feelings like themselves. Violent scenes less arouses children whom watch a lot of TV than those who only watch a little. They are less bothered by violence in general and less likely to see anything wrong with it. "For example, in several studies, children who watched a violent program instead of a non-violent one were less quick to intervene or to call for

It is easy to accept to believe that children are exposed to negative effects by watching media violence. Children react differently than adults after having watched violence. For example, many children may experience having nightmares. According to the book entitled, “The 11 Myths of Media Violence,” it says

Premium broadcasting networks include a larger variety of various potentially violent materials (Freedman). Could lots of euphorically violent images and stories on television affect the mind of a young child over time? What might have been missing in the child’s life that left him or her in a mental state not strengthened by positive reinforcement?

Before proceeding, it is important to define two terms clearly: media violence and violent behavior. Different people have used different definitions of these terms at different times, but for this research paper, media violence is defined as visual portrayals of acts of physical aggression by one human against another. This definition has evolved as theories about the effects of media violence have evolved and represents an attempt to describe the kind of violent media presentation that is most likely to teach the viewer to be more violent. Violence happens frequently in America and people die because of the lack of ethical training. The problem is not necessarily the one that appears as a clear and present danger because it masquerades itself as a just the cultural shift into a new era of insensitivity. Americans see violence every day in their media and so it has almost lost the potent

Violence in television and video games is becoming greater as does crime rates. Violent media tends to grow due to the amount of viewers watching. Media is becoming a ginormous factor in our society today, with that being said the audience has mostly been leaning towards more violent shows, movies, and games. With the viewer ratings of violent television series, more gory and violent shows have risen to fame. As most viewers tilt toward violence in their television there is a great chance of bad influence on them. According to the first table on the article ¨Instances of Violence per Hour on Prime Time TV¨ violence in television has only become greater and more

We know that violent media is very popular and a lot of people are exposed to it, also we know that in closed conditions it causes violent behavior. The real question is does violent media cause violence in society. Violent media’s effect on society is hard to fully understand.

The rampant pervasiveness of societal violence has been ascribed to the dynamic fluctuations within the modern world, one of which is the media's extensive use of violence. Media violence and its influence on society's operation has inspired fierce debates for countless of years, since the broad use of television from the mid-1900s through the flourishing industry of new technology that are accessible today. Several independent individuals, institutions, and peace advocates claim that the graphic and the boundless depiction of violence in movies, television programs, video games, social media, and other various sources is motivating violent behavior among today’s individuals. The continual bombardment of adolescent minds with clear and

Television violence does not just create a rise in destructive behavioral outbursts; it also causes kids to want to imitate the situation seen on television. Television violence and reality

In a statistic that is extremely startling, as many as 73% of parents believe that their children view violent media content at least once a week (Cheng, et al., 2004). But what exactly constitutes violence? Stipp and J. Ronald Milavsky’s (1988) piece entitled U.S. Television Programming’s Effects on Aggressive Behavior of Children and Adolescents brings to light that pollsters always point out that there is “too much violence on television” but researchers have found that it is extremely difficult to measure and define how much violence is too much violence in television. Television media includes everything from children’s comedy on the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, to bloody gore movies and shows on FX, HBO, TNT, and others. That is a very wide spectrum to narrow in terms of what children may see on a daily basis. Stipp and Milavsky’s research explains that surveys used to determine aggressiveness and media in children have questionable validity of the key measures. They go on to explain

Torr 64). After near exhaustion of the criminal theme, medical dramas began to dip their toes into the pool of television programming. The seemingly chaotic kindling of crime on television sent the content of programming into a regrettable downward spiral of quality. The same old violence was no longer as entertaining, which caused networks to increase the magnitude of the violence on their shows (J. Torr 66) in order to continue engaging viewers. This progression has brought programming to where it lies now: in trouble. The effects and solutions to the violence displayed on television are important due to the ever increasing viewer base of certain types of programming. Through a sundry of studies, spanning many years, from several sources, comes the debate on just what all this violence displayed for anyone and everyone to see is doing to the viewers and how we can solve it.

Television programming in the United States is considered the most violent in advanced industrialized nations. Nearly two-thirds of all television programming contains violence. Dramas include realistic stories about crime, psychotic murderers, police cases, emergency services, internationalism, and war. As people view these shows, they themselves become more susceptible to commit violent actions (Hepburn).

Violence has become increasingly prevalent in the media throughout the recent decades. Every major form of entertainment media, including movies and television, 24-hour news, and videogames, include aspects of violence. The reason for the large amounts of violence seen in the media may simply be that violent content is popular among Americans. Of the top ten grossing movie genres, about four of those genres contain violent content ( Nash Information Services, LLC). Plus, $25 billion were spent on videogames and more than $31 billion were spent on movie tickets in 2010 (Media Smarts). Also, most of the popular television programs of 2017 feature some kind of violent content (Rotten Tomatoes), some types of content including gore, death, or some kind of fight scene. There is so much violent content in entertainment

            "Fear of violence is one reason that children are spending less time outside playing and more time watching TV," says William Abbott, president of the Boston-based National Foundation to Improve Television.  (Bergenfield)  However, just because children aren't outside as much as they used to be doesn't mean that they are escaping from the threat of violence.  Television can be a powerful influence in developing value systems and behavior in children.  Unfortunately, much of today's television programming is violent.  Several studies by UCLA " have found that children may become 'immune' to the horror of violence, gradually accept violence as a way to solve problems, imitate the violence they observe on television, and identify with certain character; victims and/or victimizers."  (UCLA)  The impact of TV violence may be immediately evident in a child's behavior or may surface years later.  However, this is not to say that violence on television is the only source for aggressive or violent behavior, but it is a significant factor.

Watching violence at a young age can change the sensitivity of children because they see false deaths on television. If what they saw on a violent tv program were to happen in real life then they would reflect on what they saw on a tv and might assume it was fake. After a while of being exposed to violence through media it would become enjoyable as if watching tv comfortably at home.

Television Violence and Its Effects 'Violence on television is a primary cause of violence in real life'