Violence, the Media and Women

Paper Summary:

This paper examines the allegations that the media is to blame for various random acts of violence. But is the media really to blame? The paper investigates this question, as well as the question of whether we can expect to see more females committing violent crimes, now that there has been an upsurge of media depictions of violent women. It gives examples of violence in film, on the television, in video games and in music and music videos.

From the Paper:

"Certainly, many people believe that the media causes people to act violently. For example, at the trial of Lee Boyd Malvo, one of the two notorious American snipers/serial killers in 2003, it was alleged that his older partner in crime, John Allen Muhammad, had attempted to utlize violent video games - such as Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon and Rainbow 6: Covert Ops - to train Malvo as a sniper (Miller). And after the shootings at the Columbine High School in Colorado in April 1999, in which two school boys killed 13 people, it was found that one of the boys, Eric Harris, had played the violent video game Doom a great deal. (Duin) While it is impossible to know whether the game Doom played a part in encouraging Eric to commit multiple murders, it is certainly a possibility. And given the serious impact of his actions, even a possibility needs to be taken seriously."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Amis, Martin. "Blown Away." Film and the Media. 109-115.
• Ballard, Mary E. and Robert Lineberger. "Video Game Violence and Confederate Gender: Effects on Reward and Punishment Given by College Males." Sex Roles: A Journal of Research (1999): 541+.
• Behrman, Richard E., Culross, Patti L., & Reich, Kathleen. "Children, Youth, and Gun Violence: Analysis and Recommendations." The Future of Children, 12.2 (2002): 5+.
• Duin, Julia. "Video Games May Spur Violence: Study: Self-Policing Better, but Not Good." The Washington Times (Nov. 24, 1999): 4.
• Eminen. Kim. Lyrics downloaded from http://www.lyricsstyle.com/e/minem/im.html

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