Violence in Media Entertainment

Violence in Media Entertainment Violence. Web. http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/violence/violence_entertainment.cfm.


summary: Violence is a major part of entertainment today, and even as far back as 2000 B.C., when the gladiators would fight animals and other fighters for spectators. Although there was a lot of violence in the past, there has been an extremely high increase of violence in the past few years. Television shows and movies are major sources of violence seen by all. In 2001 t.v. shows averaged at about 40 acts of violence per hour, not to mention that 39% of this is aired before eight o'clock p.m. when children are watching the most. In the early 2000's, physical violence increased by 378%. These statistics have risen significantly over the years.

opinion: I think violence really should be reduced in television all together because the last thing our world needs is more media telling us violence is ok. As much as it should be reduced for the entire viewing world, it should especially be sensored to the eyes of children. Children are exposed to all kinds of things they shouldn't be, but violence is one thing that is extremely over done. Children are very perceptive and open to new ideas and opinions because they don't have much of their own yet, so by providing violence in almost every television program, this sends the message that violence is accepted and ok. By limiting the use of violence in the media we are cleaning up the minds of viewers everywhere.