Media Violence: The killer of youths

Media Violence: The killer of youths

            According to Professor Stockdale, there are mainly three types of aggression. The first one is physical aggression in which, people intent to harm others physically. The second type of aggression is relational aggression in which, people attempt to harm others through focusing relationship. Relational aggression is also called social aggression. Professor Stockdale believes, media is saturated with such aggression affecting youth generation the most. According to Professor Stockdale, there are 8000 acts of murders due to television. Interestingly, teen novels contain 30 acts of aggression per hour.

            Professor Stockdale talks about physical aggression in detail. Acts of physical aggression in television is correlated with actual acts of physical aggression. According to Professor Stockdale, physical aggression on television changes one’s mentality such that, that person would believe that it’s okay to hit other people. Medial violence changes the way one views the world. Medial violence also affects empathy or pro-social behavior of a person. For example, People, who are exposed to media violence, would take more time to open the door for an injured person than any normal individual. According to professor Stockdale, video games affect more than a movie or a television.

            An article media violence damaging kids, talks about impact of media violence on kids. According to that article, real life shooting event is correlated with violent games. According to that article, the shooter of Sandy Hook Elementary School was a freak of violent Call of Duty game.

Understanding the concerns of most of the parents, they prefer not introducing their kids with toys such as guns that represent violence as well as show them movies, which portray brutality. The movies with “good guys” and the “bad guys” and the very concept explained in the article threads into the young minds of the children who tend to pick things up at a very early age.  This could determine their mind set and behaviors in the years to come.

CNN. Sasha Emmons, 21 Feb. 2013. Web. 29 Apr. 2014. <http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/21/living/parenting-kids-violence-media/>.