Media Violence: Scapegoat for Society's Problems

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The problems of society are usually blamed on the media, however most of the problems result from other ills of society, not just the media. The paper shows that violence in the media is unavoidable - whether it is on the news or on a child's television show, it is always accessible to anyone who wants to view it. The paper argues that since there are no available solutions to this, the only option is for parents to talk to their children and for people to realize that this is just another form of entertainment.

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"Children will see 100,000 acts of simulated violence by the end of elementary school" (Day 65). The media has become a pivotal part of the average person's life. There are so many different forms of media to become involved in; a person cannot live without television, radio, newspapers, magazines, books and films. The average person is exposed to the media about 20 percent of the time he is awake on a typical day (Berger 30). Violence has become a problem in society as well, and a good scapegoat for this problem is media violence (Manson 23). Some believe that the violence in media affects children and causes these children to commit crimes. Meanwhile, others believe there is no problem with portraying violence; Jib Fowles said, "this whole episode of studying television violence is going to be seen by history as a travesty. It's going to be used in classes as an example of how social science can just go totally awry" (Rhodes 57). Some still believe that the images of violence shown or described by media create the violence in society (Berger 18).

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