Violence In The Media

The public is affected everyday by the media. Media is everywhere in our daily activities and is a massive influence, whether people realize it or not. Generally everyone enjoys what the media has to offer, until violence incidents happen as a result. Violence in the media has been a controversial topic for many years, and many have come to the same assumption. Violence in the media causes violence in the real world. There is overwhelming proof that the media affects viewers by encouraging violent behavior, and causing an increasing in violent attacks, school shootings, and copycat crimes. The violence in the media is responsible for a considerable amount of the violence seen in the country. Most studies describe media violence as, “Visual
These violent attacks could lead to acts of aggression, rape, or even murder. In 1963, psychologist Albert Bandura conducted an experiment involving violence, and the replication of violence. Children saw adult’s hitting a Bobo doll, an inflatable toy, and then were given the same opportunity with the doll. Bandura’s experiment demonstrated that violence could be replicated when exposed (“Bobo Doll Experiment” n.p). Unfortunately, Karen Sternheimer disagrees with the research. Sternehimer (2010) states, “Media violence has become a scapegoat, onto which we lay blame for a host of social problems”(n.p). She does not think violence can be replicated, but psychologist Albert Bandura research shows that violence can be replicated. The same conclusion can be made with violence in the media and violent attacks in the real world. According to Sarah Coyne (2007), “[A] number of adolescent murderers and sex offenders claimed that violence in the media was a large factor in their crimes. Many of these individuals actually re-enacted the specific violence they had seen on screen” (207). Random acts of violence can, and will happen when individuals see or hear something triggering them to re-enact what they saw in the media. It is not uncommon because these individuals are more venerable to the influences within the media
The research evidence about media and violence establishes a clear concern when discussing real-life crimes. Media violence is dangerous and makes people more venerable to the violence. Although the violence does not influence everyone negatively, there are some who are affected and it is a reflection of the violence in the US now. It is the cause of further violent attacks, school shootings, and copycat murders. America needs to explore more conceivable policies to reduce and improve harmful effects of media violence on the