Violent Media

Violent Media

1. Effects

   • video game violence
     • perform violent acts to achieve the end goal of the game
     • aggressive behaviour
     • pro-social behaviour
     • violent act
     • aggressive cognition
     • aggressive affect
   • televised Violence
     • fearful of world around
     • violent Heroes become role model of youth
     • may tempt to use violence means to solve problem
     • people may come to see violence as a fact of life
   • music videos contain interpersonal violence
     • increase feelings of hostility
     • threat without any apparent provocation
     • increase aggressive thoughts

2. Researchers

   • concern
     • reports very high levels of exposure to violence through electronic media
     • traditionally focused on television violence
     • recently video games has become increasingly prominent
     • effects of violent media on individual and societal attitudes, values, and behaviour
     • the world is a mean and scary place
   • evidence
     • watch violence television or video games have a higher likelihood of behaving aggressively in the short term
     • violent media is related to an increased serious criminal violence
     • some might enjoy, and develop an appetite for, viewing violent material
     • decreased empathy and reduced pro-sociality
     • boys tend to be more directly affected than girls
     • negative effects of violent media are more consistently observed in children than adults

3. Solution

   • Reduce exposure to media violence
   • Locate and explore alternatives to media that solve conflicts with violence
   • Petitions
   • Boycotts
   • Government Intervention
   • National Tastes
   • replacing TV with activities e.g reading
   • limit TV 1-2hrs specially for children

4. Researchers

   • Journalists
     • coverage of important social issues such as;
       • avoidance of excessive violence footage
       • avoidance of stereotyping of particular subgroups of society
       • presentation of varying viewpoints without setting one against the other