The Positive Effects of Media Violence

Shooting of the school has just begun. When I write this article, the caster's shooter wants to know whether there is any way of relationship between this and other school shooting, whether it is a way or a motive. One of countless talk shows may be discussed later, and the scrolling title at every bottom is "shoot to play violent video games" or "watch action movies It is a boy murderer. How is that? In the past few years media violence has gained enough attention.

The basis of this opinion statement is to study the amount of violence in the media and the impact of exposure to the violence program on children's development. The data clearly shows that violence has increased since 1980 and is increasing in the media. In addition, there is clear evidence to support that violence adversely affects children's development. The violence of the media is not new, but since the Federal Communications Commission decided to release the commercial television for children for children in 1982, it is getting more and more serious. For example, the broadcast time of Warcomics rose sharply from 1/2 hours in 1982 1 week to 43 hours in 1986 (Carlsson-Paige & Levin, 1987; Tuscherer, 1988). Ten years ago, 18.6 violent acts were performed per hour in children's program, but now there are about 26.4 violent acts per hour (Gerbner, 1990).

The study of the general public on the influence of media violence is unknown. Nevertheless, there is still an overwhelming consensus in the scientific literature on the negative effects of media violence. According to the meta-analysis, observation of media violence is always associated with a higher level of antisocial behavior, from trivial (imitation violence against toys) to serious (criminal violence). Hyposensitization is another well-documented effect of observing violence, observing violence, reducing the tendency to intervene in battle, reducing sympathy for victims of violence, reducing arousal and mood is. Disorderly.