Media Violence Persuasive Essay Example
Is Your Child Exposed to Media Violence?
We live in a society where violence is meticulously and silently engraining in our daily lives. As time progresses, the entertaining media that children and adolescents have access to everyday such as movies, commercials, TV shows, children’s cartoons, video games, toys, etc. become more and more violent. Media violence negatively affects the behavior of those exposed to it, especially children and teenagers who experience violent media on an everyday basis. With the new generations being born and raised in a society where violence is widely accepted and expressed, children are showing violent behavior in earlier stages of life, which often begins with verbal threats or minor incidents, but over time it can involve physical harm. Violent behavior is very damaging, both physically and emotionally and includes physical, verbal, or sexual abuse.
It has been researched and concluded media violence has not just increased in quantity; it has also become more graphic, sexual, and sadistic ("Media violence: facts," 2005).With every action comes a reaction and with this explosion of violent charged content, it can be automatically concluded that there are dangerous repercussions to opening the door to violence, starting with children and youth.
» By the time the average child is eighteen years old, they will have witnessed 200,000 acts of violence and 16,000 murders("Media violence: facts," 2005).
It is very common for children to have superheroes, or some kind of aggressive male as role models in every culture. Violent acts presented regularly directly or indirectly (via television, commercials, etc) by an infant can be crucial in their perception of reality. “Almost half (44%) of both boys and girls reported a strong overlap between what they perceive as reality and what they see on the screen” ("Media violence: facts," 2005). As developing children it is hard to distinguish what is reality to what is fantasy
We live in a society where violence is meticulously and silently engraining in our daily lives. As time progresses, the entertaining media that children and adolescents have access to everyday such as movies, commercials, TV shows, children’s cartoons, video games, toys, etc. become more and more violent. Media violence negatively affects the behavior of those exposed to it, especially children and teenagers who experience violent media on an everyday basis. With the new generations being born and raised in a society where violence is widely accepted and expressed, children are showing violent behavior in earlier stages of life, which often begins with verbal threats or minor incidents, but over time it can involve physical harm. Violent behavior is very damaging, both physically and emotionally and includes physical, verbal, or sexual abuse.
It has been researched and concluded media violence has not just increased in quantity; it has also become more graphic, sexual, and sadistic ("Media violence: facts," 2005).With every action comes a reaction and with this explosion of violent charged content, it can be automatically concluded that there are dangerous repercussions to opening the door to violence, starting with children and youth.
» By the time the average child is eighteen years old, they will have witnessed 200,000 acts of violence and 16,000 murders("Media violence: facts," 2005).
It is very common for children to have superheroes, or some kind of aggressive male as role models in every culture. Violent acts presented regularly directly or indirectly (via television, commercials, etc) by an infant can be crucial in their perception of reality. “Almost half (44%) of both boys and girls reported a strong overlap between what they perceive as reality and what they see on the screen” ("Media violence: facts," 2005). As developing children it is hard to distinguish what is reality to what is fantasy