Mass Media Violence and Children

Term Paper # 103986

Child, Youth Issues
Communication > Mass Media
Sociology > Media and Society

This paper analyzes the effects of mass media violence on children and the growing issue of television censorship in the 20th and 21st centuries.

1,615 words () | 5 sources | MLA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the dangers of violent television programming that have been influencing children within the family unit. The author examines different media of this type of cultural violence and the government and television corporation regulations that allow this type of programming. The paper evaluates the research on violence and children within the family unit to gain a greater understanding of why censorship and monitoring groups have played a greater role in regulating violence in the mass media construct. This paper concludes that the various aspects of classical conditioning, aggressive personality acquisition and other psychological factors compromise the total scope of how mass media television plays a large role in conditioning children.

From the Paper:

"The premise of censorship has arisen due to the nature of television programming, which is available for children to watch alongside their elders. The problematic solutions for media violence and personality identifiers are the main objective in gaining a greater sense of rights for how children should be perceived in TV and film programming. The negativity of studies on media representations reveals why children should have a larger role in creating policies for televised and media based programs to give a more positive psychological affirmation to their behaviors."

Sample of Sources Used:

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Steyer, J. The Other Parent: The Inside Story of the Media's Impact on Our Children. New York: Atria Books, 2002.

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Mass Media Violence and Children (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-Mass-Media-Violence-and-Children/103986