Media Violence

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Term Paper Title	Media Violence
# of Words	544
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	2.18

Media Violence

Violence

    The world today has a variety of problems.  Violence is around the top of
the list.  Everywhere you go that is all you here. It is seen on the front
page of the newspaper and as the headlines in the news. Unfortunately it is
widely used for entertainment purposes.  In the New York Times a 1998 article
by Faye Fiore stated:  "On average last year, one act of serious brutality
was found for every four minutes of entertainment."  Today, violence is a
major part of video games, television, and popular movies.  Violence becomes
such an everyday scene for us that it makes us numb to the real world.  I
think that some of the violence in the entertainment business should be not
necessarily abolished but "toned down."
     Almost every video game out has a violent theme.  For example, Mortal
Kombat, Wrestling, and even Star Wars. What ever happened to Mario and Luigi
or simple sports games?  Now it all has to be blood, guts, and gore to sell.
Some of the top psychologists related these games to some of the teenagers'
rage.  One game was even said to influence the two students who were
responsible for the Columbine School shooting.
    Television shows like Cops, WWF, Jerry Springer, and even cartoons flood
the "must see" hours.  Violent acts are constantly being used for a main
source of entertainment. The study's researchers, however, contended that in
most of the films, shows and videos they examined, violence was often
portrayed as harmless or without consequence, but this does not make it okay
to kill someone as long as the...

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