Do you think violence in the media is affecting children? Which is the most: TV, music, or video games?

Question

It's for one of my college classes, I have to give a speech, paper, ect. Just some feedback, thanks.

Answer 1

Yes, violence in the media is definitely affecting them. I'd have to say it would go mostly towards video games.

Answer 2

No, I do not believe that violence in the media, video games or music affects children or creates violence in children . We are born with certain personalities and character traits, how we are treated by others in our environment as we grow either further develops those traits or changes them. No amount of violet gaming, TV, media or music affects children negatively because it isn't real. Most people can tell the difference between real and not real, even children. Do not under estimate their intelligence, it is proven that statistically children are becoming more and more intelligent then previous generations as time goes on. HOWEVER, violence in the home, witnessed on a constant basis toward them or in front of them DOES affect them. Look this up in some psychology books at the library, I know I'm right.

Answer 3

What is affecting children is the part of the equation in which their parents neglect to explain to them the difference between TV shows, music, video games, and the real world. When a child understands that wrestling is fake, that people in video games aren't real, and that musicians aren't really stabbing/shooting people and binging on drugs with no consequences, they don't suffer any more ill effects than adults exposed to the same things.

Answer 4

Yes. Our brains process everything our senses pick up (you should reference that for your paper though) If we are constantly bombarded with violent images, wherever they are from then we will eventually have our brains telling us that those violent images are the norm.
I think video games are worse than tv or music because all the energy is being expelled only through 2 or 3 little fingers and anger is being built up without any real release.
There are many papers on this. Check out archives of Scientific America for readable stuff but there are real scientific journals with info. on this all over the place.
Good Luck.

Answer 5

"They" (I can't remember who) say that video games affect the most - since the children get a chance to actually practice the violence, as opposed to passively watching violence go on and glibly commenting, "gee, that's too bad". I would put music in the middle ground myself, because being able to "sing along" with the violence of others is a lot closer to doing it yourself than just watching it.

Answer 6

I don't agree. I think that parents have a responsibility to monitor what their children are allowed to watch. If children are being babysat by the tv, the parents have to be answerable. Parents have a responsibility to teach their children right from wrong and also, what is real and what is not.

I think that it is far too easy to blame tv, music, movies, etc for children's bad behaviour.

Answer 7

Yes, it is affecting children. It is DE-sensitizing them to violence, making it seem not as bad as it really is, because they never see the long term consequences of guns, bombs, and tanks on TV, music, and video games.

Makes it MUCH easier to support things like war.

Answer 8

I would say music, because most humans are audio learners and through music, the lyrics stick with us throughout the day and night. You can play a game and forget about it, watch a show and be done, but music stays with your soul. Remember: Hear no evil, see no evil. Which one needed to be warned first?

Answer 9

yes, the media has a big part in the way children act in todays world, but abuse in the family home plays a part in the way children act out as well.
Violence in the home is where children learn to be violence them selves. it is sad to say but children who are in abusive homes have a harder time with coping and getting along with others

Answer 10

It's a fact. All media are affecting the children.