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    The media is a main influence to kids in our society, with all the violence in it big problems can occur. Violence surrounds the media and influences people's behaviors. Violence in the media is disturbing because the storyline of the violence has a strong influence on its viewers. Media violence can persuade the viewers to make the wrong decisions and tend to be more violent. Also it can have disturbing and rude effects on others. Violence in television and video games is becoming greater

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    Violence in the Media and its Effects on Youth On December 14, 2012, a troubled youth walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School. He shot and killed twenty children between the ages of six and seven. He also shot and killed six adults, and earlier in the morning, had fatally shot his mother as well. It was the deadliest mass shooting at a grade school in the history of The United States. Why did this happen? What made him do this? What caused him to be this violent? How can we stop this from

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    over the world have been trying to find a connection between media violence and violence in the real world. Sadly no real answer has come up to answer our question. Why might scientist not have figured out the answer you ask? Well, scientists have not made a credible connection between media violence and real world violence because, to begin with, there is not a lot of evidence to back up whether video games cause us to bring media violence into the outside world. In order to answer if video games do

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    day to day? It is no secret that the violence seen in media is growing in popularity and it is effecting children more and more each day. When children are exposed to media violence from day to day it starts to have a negative influence on them. It effects them by making them less sensitive to the pain and suffering of others, they become more fearful of the world, and they are more likely to behave in harmful or aggressive ways. Exposer to media violence leads kids to think that violent actions

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    of Media Violence on People Media violence impacts the physical aggression of human beings. It is one of the many potential factors that influence the risk for violence and aggression. Research has proven that aggression in children will cause the likelihood of aggression in their adulthood. Theories have evolved that the violence present in the media most likely teaches the viewer to be more violent. It is a risky behavior that is established from the childhood. Furthermore, media violence is a

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    Kick Ass Summary

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    exposure to media violence and current violent events that have been covered by media outlets. After the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, actor Jim Carrey publicly boycotted his role in the film Kick-Ass 2, stating he could not support the graphic violence depicted in the film. The creator of the Kick-Ass comics and executive producer of the film, Mark Millar responded to Carrey’s comments, saying he doesn’t believe that fictional violence leads to societal violence. The author

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    Spraggins Kaplan University Annotated Bibliography THESIS STATEMENT: The world’s media today seem to have more violence than ever. Video games have vivid depictions of accident catastrophes, fighting and murder. Television news programs generally lead with a violent story in order to gain an audience. This is free society people can stay what they want. ‘’ Media violence has many negative effect on youth today to commit crimes in society.’’ Sherry, John

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    society that violence in the country is on the rise. It is easy to see why this is a strong argument among the American people, especially because of the rising popularity of violent video games and television programs. However, as these violent video games and television shows are creating their own place in our society, the reports of violence among children are escalating. This correlation has been studied extensively in the scientific community in an attempt to discover whether media violence does negatively

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    Violence has been incorporated into the media over the past decades. Television, movies, and video games all depict violence in many different ways. The scary truth is that shootings, especially in schools, are occurring more often than they should. Individuals are wondering what influenced young men like Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris to go into a school and shoot innocent people; these two young men were the Columbine High School shooters. People are also wanting to know why young men like these

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    Effects of Media Violence on Behavioral Violence in Young Adults in America The influence of mass media has progressively increased in American society, but can the media have effects beyond mere entertainment and impartial information? American culture has become saturated with online news reports, social media, and media entertainment. Technology has become a major factor in America’s social environment. Much of the information gained from digital sources involves or portrays violence, and many

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