Violence In Nightcrawler

From the 17th century to present, media has taken many forms and has evolved to reach every American in every corner of the country. It has been inadvertently responsible for such events as colonization, the American Revolution, and the Spanish American War. The reason media is so powerful today is because through its various avenues, the United States is constantly bombarded by information and advertisements trying to influence us and sway our opinions about issues in certain directions. Before we get too in depth on the subject, we should have a general definition of what ‘media’ is. To put it simply, according to the Oxford Dictionary it is: The main means of mass communication. (especially television, radio, newspaper, and the internet

Media is everywhere. Television, newspaper, cell phones, movies, as well as numerous other sources. Today, just about everyone depends on information and communication to keep their lives moving through daily activities. We need to be aware that the values we hold, the beliefs we harbor and the decisions we make are based on our assumptions, our experiences, our education and what we know for a fact. Mass media is relied on for the current news and facts about what is important and what we should be aware of. Media is considered a trustworthy source for news, information, education and entertainment. Though someone has to have thought behind an issue to write it.

The mass media has become a big part of our society and its counterparts. In a time span of 50 years this medium has influenced society to an extent where it has created wonders. This immaculate tool can control almost every action we perform, from speaking to the actions that every human being performs in society. The mass media has brought upon a new era of idea's and changes in the world we live in. As we analysis media in depth we will find many aspects of media which overlap and some of the smallest factors and aspects of media, which create the biggest impact on society.

In the mean world syndrome video, several points are discussed about how violence in the media affects viewers. Although violent crimes has decreased over the years, the media has been showing more violent acts than before. Children have been affected by this phenomenon and it has had a disturbing effect on them too. The media should be more proactive with being fair and less damaging in the future.

Since there is such easy access to fast communication devices such as cell phones and the internet. The media is what comes out of such a wide popular use of the internet and television. The media has wide control over what is shown on television and also a lot of what is seen online in advertisements. The media will manipulate the way people think about things. An example could be that the media is what makes young boys and girls obsessed with reaching certain unobtainable goals of looking a certain way.

“Since socialization occurs throughout the life span and since the mass media in industrial society permeates virtually every aspect of a person’s life, the media’s effect on our concepts of self, although impossible to determine precisely, are probably underestimated” (Saucier 1986, 147). Mass media forms of entertainment have the unique ability to impact large audiences across time and space. The Hollywood thriller Fatal Attraction (1987), with its many references to Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly (1903), proves to be a central film to study when considering how intertextual value may arise from referencing another text through a piece of media as well as what ideology can result from a popular media product. In considering the

The media is an amazing invention that can be a very good tool during times of distress. There are issues with media sometimes but overall, it can be useful in the right hands. Throughout history, the media has been used wisely to enrich the knowledge of the public and to show what can be done in order to help their fellow man.

In today’s society, media is present in our lives 24/7 allowing it to have a major influence on our culture in both positive and negative ways.

Don DeLillo’s short story, “Videotape” presents a cynical, social commentary on the overexposure of heinous acts by means of new media outlets, such as the videotape, which contributes to the commercialization of tragedy for viewers and the resulting desensitization of the public that occurs. The story is focused on one of many homicides committed by the Texas Highway Killer, which has coincidentally been recorded by an unknown 12-year-old girl playing with a video camera in the back of her family’s car. The events are presented in a conversational tone in the second-person, layering in an additional narrative frame of a hypothetical and cynical “every-man” and his wife, responding to the incident. This parallels the viewpoints of society without making broad assumptions and allows the reader to interpret the framework that DeLillo constructs without having it stated outright. In addition, the presentation, reaction, and consumption of news of the homicide is entwined with the narrative as it occurs, and the author explores each of these – the use and consumption of media – to prompt readers to analyze the same themes surrounding themselves. DeLillo employs the juxtaposition of the infantile camera-girl with the harshness of the video’s content by mirroring the presentation with his diction, while also commentating on the authenticity and “realness” of the tape and examining its effect on the hypothetical consumer through repetition and second-person syntax.

Media is defined as any form of communication; however, the term is mainly used for television, radio, and the Internet. “Regardless of the form it takes, media holds the power to construct and reflect our own sense of identity, in both affirmative and detrimental ways” (199). In American society, the media makes many assumptions based on gender, race, and religion that directly affects how people in a society view each other.

The cinema offers pleasure of scopophilia where ‘it can be fixated into perversion, producing obsessive voyeurs and Peeping Toms whose only sexual satisfaction can come from watching, in an active controlling sense, an objectified other.’ (Mulvey: 1988, p. 31)

As our society has evolved and progressed, so has the content in film. In the early 1990’s, a new wave of violent matter, referred to as “new violence” appeared on screens, taking a leading role in many films (Slocum 1). Stemming from this genre arose comedic violence. In Peter Kramer’s essay, “‘Clean, Dependable Slapstick’: Comic Violence and the Emergence of Classical Hollywood Cinema,” he discusses the execution of comedic violence and the violent attractions that are evident in Hollywood classicism. Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film Pulp Fiction includes the hilariously entertaining aspects of comedic violence that Kramer details in his text. The movie simultaneously maintains the dramatic appeal of classical cinema that Kramer draws upon as

The film Nightcrawler that was released in the year 2014 used many elements of cinematography to portray its argument and theme. This film’s use of camera angles and different colors helps illuminate the moral corruption and capitalism in the world of news reporting and media. The camera angles and color are elements that allow the film to argue this theme. The moral corruption is shown through following the main characters and its depiction through the colors and camera angles of the characters. The film follows the life Louis Bloom and his ambitions of news reporting. He records violent incidents that often happen at night to sell to news stations to gain profit. This film argues this theme of the moral corruption and capitalism in the

Media has always played a huge role in our society. For a long time media was one of the methods of controlling people and leisure. Nowadays media is one of the main part of our lives and our society, because

It can change opinions because they have access to people and this gives it a lot of strength. This strength can either be used constructively by educating the people or it can be used destructively by misleading the innocent people. Power of the media can transform the whole society especially in the developing countries it can be used as a 'weapon of mass destruction'. But I think the most important use of media is to educate the people about the basic human rights. The dilemma of the developing countries is that people are not fully aware of their basic rights and if they know, they don't know about what to do and where to go. They don't know their collective strength. Even they don't know how to protest and what is the importance of