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Media Violence: Does Media Affect Term Paper
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Subject:Communication
Topic:Media Violence
Document Type:Term Paper
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The report noted that, of 10,000 hours of broadcast programming reviewed by the National Television Violence Study, 61% portrayed interpersonal violence, much of it in an entertaining or glamorized manner."
According to Lavers the highest violence proportion occurred in children's programming with 100% of animated films produced in the United States between 1937 and 1999 portraying violence. (Lavers, 2002, p. 68)
Media violence and actual violence can be linked as causative forces.
Murder rates doubled 10 to 15 years after the introduction of television in the United States, Canada, and virtually every country where 'free' television was launched -- truly a troubling anecdote." (Lavers, 2002, p. 68) negative relationship between media consumption and various conceptualizations of social satisfaction or contentedness or "affective equilibrium" has long been noted." (Roberts, Foehr, Rideout & Brodie, 2003, p. 165)
Given the pervasiveness of media violence, it would be surprising if it had no effect on viewers." (Felson, 1996)
Challenges to the foundation of the society in which we live can likely be seen through the development of violence in the media and subsequent violence in the population. Children are most likely the most effected individuals as they are the most susceptible to suggestion and whether media violence is a causative factor of increased violence in the real world, among children is a mute point as the need for change is certain and this is one area of import to discuss. The thesis of this work attempted to answer three basic questions all have been answered to the affirmative: is violence being perpetrated by younger and younger individuals, is violence becoming more frequently represented in the media and lastly but most difficult to answer are the two causative?
References
Felson, R.B. (1996). Mass Media Effects on Violent Behavior. 103.
Lavers, D. (2002, March). Media Violence: Ugly and Getting Uglier. World and I, 17, 68.
Prothrow-Stith, D., & Spivak, H.R. (2004). Murder Is No Accident: Understanding and Preventing Youth Violence in America. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.…
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References
Felson, R.B. (1996). Mass Media Effects on Violent Behavior. 103.
Lavers, D. (2002, March). Media Violence: Ugly and Getting Uglier. World and I, 17, 68.
Prothrow-Stith, D., & Spivak, H.R. (2004). Murder Is No Accident: Understanding and Preventing Youth Violence in America. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Roberts, D.F., Foehr, U.G., Rideout, V.J., & Brodie, M. (2003). Kids and Media in America: Patterns of Use at the Millennium. New York: Cambridge University Press.
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