The crisis over the last decade with the increasing number of cases involving violence in the media and the results of people committing cruel crime needs to be stopped. Events where students go to their schools with guns shooting who ever in range, and people going out in society killing others because they watched someone on television do it are accounts media violence demonstrates. Children are playing violent video games and are exposed to brutal real life representation of violence, which gives them the idea that violence is acceptable. Violence in society has been around for centuries, back to Roman Times, but over the last decade violence has been brought to a level unmanageable for people allowing them to do more violent behavior, and think violence is conventional. The average American child witnesses over 200,000 acts of violence on television including 16,000 murders before the age of 18 (Jackson, pg. 1). The continued acts of violence is changing human behavior letting our society to kill each other, hence blocking out all violent acts persisted in the media would solve this problem with restrictions to one’s age enforced by the law.
Violence has been a natural part of human society and has been around dating back since gladiator times. The ones who disagree that violence in the media is not a problem are the ones in charge in the entertainment business. The producers and creators of the violent shows on television are played every day. They would believe that violent actions have been presented in the media for a long time, and that if there were a problem a solution would have happened some time ago. The people in charge would argue that violence is part of the human society and nothing is wrong with people viewing violence. Violence has been practiced and openly viewed for people since ancient times dating back to old Roman Times and gladiators. The people that invent the inconsiderate television shows with violent conduct, and are watched daily by public viewers are unfamiliar with the effects it leaves behind in society to people.
Even though the people believe violence is a part of humanity and we have been using it as entertainment for some time, one needs to understand the effects it has on younger generations to obligate to violent behavior. The fact violence is commonly presented in today’s media leads to the case that viewers see this all the time, and the value and meaning of it decreases to them. “The daily repetition of media violence helps to normalize and legitimize the acts being portrayed. Most crucially, the influence of media violence needs to be understood in the relation to structural inequalities of everyday life” (Carter and Weaver, pg. 56). For over centuries violence has been displayed to society as a custom; however the fact crime and acts of violence increased to level not before seen until recently. The best solution to put an end would be to blare out all violence in the media, for all people to lessen crime and stop vicious behavior. Others who would deny the solution would be supporters of all violent material.
The followers of violent video games packed with real life killing and violent actions, and the ones who buy violent toys for their children would believe it is their own choice to decide what they want to see towards violence. They would believe that it is their right to choose what they please to see concerning violence, because their thrill of entertainment. They would disagree that they are limited to view what they wish in the media of their homes. They have their own right to pick what toys or playful forms of violence they wish to keep or amuse one with. They believe what is presented in the media that has violent actions does not effect or increase aggression towards people leading to violent crime. On the other hand, violent actions in video games, television, or in the society do affect one and can lead to tragedy.
It would seem right that no law should hold one’s right to view what is in the media because how people are use to the media and violence being shown in it. One would say that violence is not a problem and does not effect one’s attitude, however test have been given specifically about violence in the media and if it leads to increase aggression in one and the results found proved. “Violence in video games appear to have similar negative effects as viewing violence on TV, but more harmful because of the interactive nature of video games… Playing video games involves practice, repetition, and being rewarded for numerous acts of violence, which may intensify the learning”(Carll pg. 1). It would seem right to have free choice of what one would view in the media or play, but when the playing of violent video games gives people the practice to be a expert killer and then lead to brutal consequences there needs to be a solution to prevent this. Blaring out violent material would be best, because if the continuance of violent media increases the result of crime would increase. The solution is the only line of attack we can take to stop the violent activities.
The key to end this is no more than blaring out violent performance in the media and society. All acts on the television that retain violent material suggested by the government would be blocked out, and other forms of entertainment would be developed to trade out the violent shows before. Anything violent talked on the radio would be cut out from listeners. In video games violent actions will be taken out and not have killing or carry out any action of it. The media would possess fewer forms of violence and shows without anything harmful to another person. If one wanted to receive the full representation of violence and acts of it he or she would have to be eighteen years of age, and would have to go to a public theater nearby to acquire what they wish. One would have to be of age, because this is the age of maturity for people to understand that violence is real life aggression created in the human mind and a natural part of life, and not what is displayed in the media. The theater would have workers to check people’s identification cards so only people of age would be able to get in. In the public media the FCC, Federal Communications Commissions, Child agencies studying research, and government officials would gather and agree to what constitutes as violent. For that reason, they would choose what would be acceptable for people under eighteen to observe. This possibly will bring to an end or declination of violence in society and people, though there are setbacks to this solution.
The predicament this brings about trouble for the solution would be the in the media programming, but not to a huge extent. Other forms of entertainment would be created for the substitute of violent shows shown before. This could create competition among producers and creators of television shows for other entertainment. In addition the people will know little of it, and that would slow the process of selling violent material to society. Others would agree and believe the solution would stop violence in the younger generation. “It’s also a revelation to younger people when they realize that no one sees the same media production. How we respond to a film, a song, a video game or TV series is colored by our own personal package of attitudes, values and experiences- including past exposure to media violence” (Media Awareness Network, pg. 1). This provides evidence of younger people witnessing violence leads to the insincere thoughts and attitudes to violence. As well as the positive feature of income coming from the public to the government, because people would be more willing to see violence and go out to public theaters to glimpse bloodshed for their own entertainment. People that play violent video games and once were exposed to public media would feel that their freedom and rights would be taken from them, because they would not be able to witness any violence on regular media even though one was shown it before. The reduction of violence in the media can be compared to other cultural forms of media in today’s society.
The comparison of European media to the United States media today gives evidence of how less violence displayed to society helps have a safer and less violent civilization to live in. The media displayed in European cultural would have less violence, because it is presented to a certain group of people who do not have an inspiration towards violence. “Because the media has less access of violence to these communities. This gives people less power to influence the framing of the incident of violence. Between 1997 and 2000...media coverage of street violence one can speak of media hype”(Vasterman, pg. 508-515). As a result the lessening of violence portray in the media can conduct better behavior and less violence in society. Measured to the United States media the more frequent sight of violence displayed in the media results to more violence and higher crime rates. “The highest proportion of violence was found in children shows. Of all animated feature films produced in the United States between 1937 and 1999, 100% portrayed violence, and the amount of violence with intent to injure has increased through the years. American media, in particular, tend to portray heroes using violence as a justified means resolving conflict and prevailing over others”(AAP Policy, pg. 1223). The numbers provide great evidence that violence in the media is a crisis that needs to be discontinued for a safer society, and that the media attracts certain individual’s interest on violence whom may lead to the source of violent behavior in society. Delivering the solution to end violence in the media would best work by means of not showing it in the media.
The social problem may seem easier for people to handle because it is something that can be manage by one’s own rights, but that is not enough to put in order to stop violence. If people were able to choose what they wish to watch violent material on the media it would lead more crime and normalize representation, but simply blocking out the violent material would give guide to less crime and aggression within people. One may believe it is he or she own right to select what violent material one wishes to observe, however the acts of it increase anger from an individual leading to violence among the people. Dave Grossman, Lt. Col. United States Army, studied the first person killing games and violent demonstration in the media to see how violence effects individuals and now teaches classes about the repetitive stimulus response of violence matches the military’s method of images humans’ aversion to killing other humans while it hones reflexes. “I teach them what we know about killing what enables killing, what our psychological response to killing are. How we turn it on and off in our soldiers… and how we’re doing the same thing to our kids”(Grossman, pg.1). The best approach to end the violence would be to cut it strictly out, because the acts and depicts give such real life emotion to viewers of real killing and young kids are examining this leading to the awful behavior in our society. The solution will be set through the law and provide a safer society and less killing.
Despite the fact that decreasing the number of violence in the media government officials, the FCC, and child agencies will decide what makes up as violent and ought to be allowed in the media for people to see. More often than not anything that has a person physically getting hurt similar to; killing, murder, glorious blood aftermath, and even situations to bank robberies. Money would be gained through the public theater, because more people would go out to see violence. The government would place more theaters in communities for the people to get there trouble-free. Different theaters would have a video game section were people of age could pay. All other genre in the media would change the culture of it people will either like it or not, and find other ways of entertaining themselves. This would affect groups of people in the entertainment business whose main art was violence they could lose their jobs. Children’s programming and regular programming would not change dramatically, because there would be more other forms of entertainment in the media. As a result competition inside the industry will develop among producers and keep people interested. This would take a years process from eliminating all the violent material filtered around and all objects of it. The government would employ police to go around and enforce decency law. From now society will be more secure and a change for good will stem in the entertainment business.
This violence we see in the world today must be stopped and the solution requirement must take action, because people are killing and becoming mad from it. The concern for this is of high matter because, younger generations are going corrupt from the continue acts of violence in the media. This gives way to people to consider doing violence and committing violent action as a way of life. The solution is simply blaring out all violent media, because violence will not be shown and understood that it is only a feeling created among the human mind of an individual until later a adult. This will save younger generations to come and people in society, because their will be no violent representation or feelings for it. This is worth the reason for having a more peaceful and safer environment in social order for the people. The cost of taking a favorite source of entertainment from people would have them distressed, and may have once wealthy people out of businesses for a healthier reason.
It is stated for a safer, more dependable, and prevent further situations of brutality the need to stop violence is the achievement. The issue is that the media is filled with disorderly material and is available all day for people to view leading to their cruel ways in society. The concern that violence is increasing and the material in our media is not helping to end that.
If this takes action kids will be safer in our schools and so will people in society from the media not corrupting people’s minds from the violent material. Doing so one can help fight the violence in our nation by writing letters and getting word out to the FCC and public for non-violent television and media. People will be more satisfied and secure in society knowing that the people in it are not mad and violent.
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