Violence and the Media Joshua Verana COMM3 MWF 1pm California State University Fresno Spring 2013 TOPIC: Violence and the media. GENERAL PURPOSE: This speech will persuade. SPECIFIC PURPOSE: The purpose of this speech is to persuade others to be more cautious about the acts of violence that can effect children displayed in the media. THESIS: This speech is not to condemn violence in the media‚ but rather inform people that violence in the media can influence children and that grownups
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Violence in the Media and TV Studies show that violence on television does have a bad affect on young people and the way they think and act. At a young age‚ our minds are like sponges‚ and absorb everything that surrounds them‚ which makes them easy targets for the medias constant influence. This is true not only for young people‚ but some recent studies indicate that watching violence on television can even affect adults too. Young people and children learn from both experience and role models
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television a night before. A person tends to adapt what one sees and the media engraves images into ones’ mind‚ so they think it is the norm although‚ it is an absurd idea. Kids are generally influenced by the media. The American Academy of Pediatrics‚ Testimony before the U.S. Commerce Committee: “Before age 8‚ children cannot discriminate between real life and fantasy. Onscreen violence is as real to them as violence that they witness at home or in their community. From childhood’s magical thinking
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to lethal spectator sports as well‚ and in 380 B.C. Saint Augustine lamented that his society was addicted to gladiator games and "drunk with the fascination of bloodshed." Violence has always played a role in entertainment. But there’s a growing consensus that‚ in recent years‚ something about media violence has changed.( Media Awareness Network). On April 16‚ 2007‚ almost exactly 8 years after the horrible assault of gunfire and bombs that left many students and one teacher dead at Columbine High
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Media Violence is really cruel to teens during their developmental period. Around that time they are trying figure out exactly what group of kids they belong in. “Media violence is one of the key ingredients in the complex mix of factors that produce anti-social conduct.” (Etzioni‚ 1993) It all becomes so confusing to them‚ that they eventually turn to the media for help. For example if a not so popular guy were to watch the movie‚ How to get rid of a guy in 10 days‚ they would be more than tempted
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Media Violence Exposure and Its Effects on Children By Shehab Al Sayegh English II Summer I‚ 2012 Lebanese American University ABSTRACT: The fast and the great development in media make the way for violence easier to spread all over the world. Media violence is of different forms‚ it can be reached by using any type of media. Violence in television commercials and in advertising are two forms of media violence that carry great amount of violence‚ but even though there are people
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been calculated that American kids see about 200‚000 acts of violence and 25‚000 murders on television by the time they reach age eighteen." (Schleifer 18) Arrests of people under the age of eighteen for violent crimes rose forty-seven percent from 1988 to 1992. (Miller 174) The American Medical Association conducted a study that found a direct relationship between viewing and homicide. (Miller 176) Does this kind of overexposure to violence have a significant effect on children and teenagers? The answer
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real and make believe. Therefore‚ the amount of violence shown affects the perception of young child” (Sharma). It is very difficult for young children to separate fantasy from reality which makes them more unaware of what’s right and wrong due to the influence of media. In the stages of development‚ children often are heavily influenced by the things they see happening around them‚ this includes things seen in the media. “The vivid portrayal of violence as a means of justice gives them a false sense
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Television‚ magazines‚ radio‚ movies‚ and music are all forms of today’s modern media. Is it possible that our modern media could be causing crime rates to rise? Back in the 1920’s‚ these media’s came out so that people could stay connected with what was going on around the world. Soon‚ the media became a form of entertainment. Over the last five decades‚ the rules and guidelines of media have changed dramatically. When the media first came out‚ it was completely prohibited to even say something small like
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Is media violence related to aggressive and violent behavior in children? In my opinion I think the media is partly to blame for the violent behavior in children. Parents are also to blame for letting their children watch murder shows or any type of violent act on television that result in their kids acting aggressively and having violent behavior. Parents are responsible for letting their kids know not to copy what they see on television. Albert Bandura was famous for his Bobo doll experiment
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