Media Violence:a threat to so.
Violence is everywhere in our society today. It is in the sports we watch, the schools we attend, and even in many of our personal and domestic relationships. The question then becomes: what is causing all of this violence? Certainly, there are a number of factors and the blame cannot be pinned on one source. One factor which must be examined, however, is the media and its influence on young people. Several incidents have occurred which prove, at the very least, that media violence is something that must be considered a threat to our society. One of the signs of media's influence on children appeared in a study conducted by television researchers, Bandura and Ross. A group of children were divided into Groups A and B. Then, different videos were shown to each group. Group A saw a video of a girl hitting and kicking a doll. Group B saw a tape in which the same girl held a tea party with the doll. Later, the children were placed in rooms with an exact copy of the doll. Group B played nicely with the doll, whereas the children in group A played with the doll very aggressively ("The Effects of Television Violence"). This is one of many studies which link observed violence with aggressive behav
Children and teenagers, however, are not the only people to be affected by media violence. Adults may also be affected by it. One study by David Phillips, after highly publicized prizefights, "The more publicity, the more the increase in subsequent homicides (Aronson, p. 269)." Even more interesting is that after black boxers lost, more black men were killed and after white boxers lost, more white men were killed. "WWF Entertainment Reports Third Quarter Results: Revenues Increase 13%, Earnings Per Share of $0.24 Excluding Start-Up Costs of XFL." 15 February 2001. N. pag. On-line. Internet. 18 March 2001. Available: http://www.wwfecorpbiz.com/invest/r_b_finance.html "The Effects of Television Violence." N. pag. On-line. Internet. 13 March 2001. Available WWW: http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5676/home.html. Post, Jonathon Vos. "Open Questions on the Correlation between Television and Violence." 12 March 1995. N. pag. On-line. Internet. 12 March 2001. Available: http://www.magicdragon.com/EmeraldCity/Nonfiction/socphil.html. "Wrestling With Death." 19 January 2000. N. pag. On-line. Internet. 14 March 2001. Available: http://www.courttv.com/onair/shows/crimestories/q_z_episodes/wrestling_with_death.html
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