Violence In The Media

Violence in the Media “What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?” as said by Alan Paton. In the midst of the lurking past, violence leaves a scar engraved in our history. Filling museums and carved into monuments, and in pages written in tears. Violence has been an instinct of mankind, nothing is better at destroying man than its own kin. From this aspect, the thought of a glowing screen causing our crude violence and manipulating our brains to commit any foul act is false. Our own temperament determines our detriment to society, not a television. In retrospect, a time before video games and news stations, violence wasn’t absent in the slightest. Several ancient civilizations were responsible for countless acts of unjustified violence, and what television brainwashed their minds? Where was the source of this fountain of violence and malice that touched their lips? Studies show, since television became a thing, “From 1945 to 1974 homicides in the United States increased 93%”. However, in another study, “From 1900 to 1945 homicides in the US increased 400%” If the information is correct and not biased, media cannot be truly pin pointed as the foundation for the increase in homicides. …show more content…
Each individual is different, and each is susceptible to the kind of media portrayed on our televisions, phones, and video games. However, with those images in mind, it’s truly what one does with it that determines its effects. In most cases of serial killers, mental illness plays a major factor. While it’s hard to be sure these accounts should be counted in the percentages is controversial of whether or not the media had something to do with it, or if it was the individual’s illness. Neither can one hundred percent be proven. Regardless, any violent act must require systematic effort to be