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    where violence is common. We grow up watching movies that involve violence and playing violent games. As much as we say it’s okay for children to watch these movies and play those games, it will promote violence even if you tell them not to copy what they are seeing. Men are known to be more violence because they see violence in everything that they do, and they tend to mimic what they see in movies, video games, or their everyday life. This is where the phrase “Banality of violence” comes in. Violence

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    The children learn to express their emotions in a non-conflict way. The cartoons and the video games give the children a tool to master their rage and become capable of making use of such an emotion to fight the challenges of life. Though comic books and other violent media have been associated with causing violent behavior in youths, they are

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    Violent programs on TV lead to aggressive and violent behavior by the adolescents who watch them. Which is even proven by a 1982 report by the National Institute of Mental Health, that was already proven by a previous study by the Surgeon General. The children that watch these violent programs will eventually become used to violence, and learn to accept it as something normal. Which isn’t good for children because psychological research has proven that children will become less sensitive to the

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    “Go to the other room, this is grown folks business!” This is something most children have heard countless time throughout their childhood. Topics that were considered to be for adults only, caused a barrier that seemed to depict the imaginary line between childhood and adulthood. With adulthood, it is thought that a person is allowed to talk about things like sexuality and/or they are allowed to “gossip.” Whereas children have to stay in a “child’s place.” A place where they are not allowed to talk

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    Introduction In this essay I will be analysing whether less visual violence within the media would mean less violence on the streets. Firstly, I will be questioning whether there is a connection between the viewing of media violence and actual acting upon it. To do this I will analyse the usefulness of the different methods used to approach such as complex issue. To illustrate this I will use examples of different media forms that seem to have been a catalyst for acts of violence. I will then attempt

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    Everybody knows the effects of violence. The effects of violent behavior are generally bad. The causes are something very little known. Most people say that violent video games and television shows are the source of violence in our society but they are not the only source. There are many theories that try to explain what those causes are. Theories include, biological, macrosocial, and psychosocial. Albert Reis and Jeffrey Roth identify two levels of explanation including the individual, microsocial

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    Violence in the Media and Violent Behavior in Children Anna Borja PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology Instructor Long March 30, 2015 Violent video games, movies and television shows have become the subject of large debates that may have lasted since the beginning of media. Everyone knows that people have the ability and desire to imitate what they experience in the media, and given the perceived increase in violence among children in the U.S., the media is seen as a major possible explanation

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    Violent Video Games I personally enjoy playing video games myself, but I was never those aggressive hardcore gamers. I also never thought much about these different types of games because I only see them as a time to waste when you’re bored or to have fun. However, I have seen my younger siblings, who are in elementary to junior high school; watched these kind of violent games on YouTube, I would hear faint violent yelling or common conversations from their room. I’ve also noticed that there are

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    One of the biggest change in social environments today is the advance and increase usage of mass media. The mass media parent the children of today. Consequently, radio, video games, television, movies, videos, phones, and social networks play a significant role in their upbringing. For, they assist in influencing a child’s values, beliefs, and behaviors. Children rather unconsciously heed and imitate the images exhibited, for example, in television, they learn the appropriate way to comport and

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    variety of different games including ones that are not even meant for this to play with. Videogames similar to movies are rated. The rating of an “E” means it’s intend for every one of all ages. Anderson stated, “ ‘E’ videogames have more than 30 percent of violence descriptor in them, and more than 90 percent of ‘E10+’ games contain violence descriptor” (Anderson). Of course the more graphic violence it is rated higher, to prevent young children from playing it but the games meant for

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