Gun Violence Sociology

Gun violence is a social problem in the United States, in which a person use a gun to assault others. Before, I have never thought that this social issue would leave an impact on our society. However, as I recently became a United States citizen, I want to learn more about the country I live in and gun violence is one the social topics that has alway talk about in America. I know that America has the highest rate of gun violence incidents compare to other countries, and this fact makes me very curious to learn what makes America have the highest rate than others. I only thought that gun violence caused by the hatred of someone toward others, but this class gives me an insight that there are other factors can also lead to gun violence besides hatred. Truthfully, I always interest in this social topic since the …show more content…
In 2012, PG-13 movies had more violence scenes than R-rated movies ( Bushman 2013: 1017). Since the movies rated as PG-13, children who are younger than 13 years old can easily have access to the violence contents in the films ( Bushman 2013: 1017). In addition, most high-grossing movies rated as PG-13 movies and most of them are violent action genre (Wilson & Hudson 2013). Americans favorite movie genres are alway action, despite age stratification. Furthermore, perpetrators were seen to cosplay iconic character in films ( Bushman 2013: 1015). Superheroes in movies tend to become role models for people, but some choose super villains as role models for them to admire. James Holmes called himself and imitated as “The Joker” when he attacks the screening of new Batman movie in Aurora, Colorado Theater ( Bushman 2013: 1015). Also, violence contents in a movie appear in every five minutes of the film (Cieply 2013). Studies also show that trend violence in movies would be likely to increase the violence in the real world (Bushman 2013: