Whether it’s teaching children there ABC’s or CNN reporting the daily news. These educational outlets can also teach individuals violent tendencies or desensitize them to these actions. Movies and shows like Kick Ass, Saw and Criminal Minds, portray violence and certain erratic behavior to be quite normal. For example, a man at a New York train station was surrounded by spectators as he was on the floor fighting for his life. An argument erupted from the two strangers which resulted in a physical fight where the man was stabbed. While trying to fight his attacker off, bleeding out, he cried for help among the people that were watching and recording the incident so it could trend on twitter or be shown on the nightly news. Other incidents occur like this too often. Could this be a result of a desensitized population due to media’s overexposure of violence? Causing the impact of a real life event to be dulled. Desensitization can result in four truths when it comes to real life violence. First it can hinder the ability of an individual to recognize an emergency when it occurs. Second, can change the perception or seriousness of an injury or situations. Third, can decrease the existence of sympathy for the victim. Lastly, can take away personal responsibility to get involved with the incident. These truths are causing inhumane behavior in society and impact that will hopefully come to an end in the near
Whether it’s teaching children there ABC’s or CNN reporting the daily news. These educational outlets can also teach individuals violent tendencies or desensitize them to these actions. Movies and shows like Kick Ass, Saw and Criminal Minds, portray violence and certain erratic behavior to be quite normal. For example, a man at a New York train station was surrounded by spectators as he was on the floor fighting for his life. An argument erupted from the two strangers which resulted in a physical fight where the man was stabbed. While trying to fight his attacker off, bleeding out, he cried for help among the people that were watching and recording the incident so it could trend on twitter or be shown on the nightly news. Other incidents occur like this too often. Could this be a result of a desensitized population due to media’s overexposure of violence? Causing the impact of a real life event to be dulled. Desensitization can result in four truths when it comes to real life violence. First it can hinder the ability of an individual to recognize an emergency when it occurs. Second, can change the perception or seriousness of an injury or situations. Third, can decrease the existence of sympathy for the victim. Lastly, can take away personal responsibility to get involved with the incident. These truths are causing inhumane behavior in society and impact that will hopefully come to an end in the near