Television and Violence
“The new pornography depicts … people staving teeth in, ripping guts open, blowing brains out, and getting even with al those bastards…”(Wolfe, 655). Just as Wolfe describes in his essay “Pornoviolence,” violence has become a staple in movies, TV series’, and the media. These grotesque images have become so common that for some young children the barrier between reality and fantasy has become blurred. Children see their favorite actors killing and maiming in high definition video for some cause or another on an almost daily basis. How can children, whose understanding of the world is still developing, not be affected by these often overdone portrayals of violence? The truth is that no matter how much we would like to think they are not, children’s minds are being shaped by what they see on television and in movies. Children’s lives revolve around television more and more these days. According to
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Approximate Word count = 624
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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