this is siome research im doing, basically i wanna know if you think because newspapers show all crime about kids being beaten up or stabbed so much that we dont care anymore?
2006-10-31 09:34:57 · 9 answers · asked by no_salvation03 1 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
If you mean violence shown on TV or on the news I think that it does desensitize some people. Newspapers seem less graphic in their reports. But some level of desensitization does occur. I also think it inspires others to commit violence. There was a recent school shooting, and the young killer, when asked why, said, "Remember, Columbine."
"Uhh Yeah, I remember, but what does that have to do with it?" is a reasonable question. Unfortunately for the weirdos that do this sort of thing, their reasoning is less than sensible.
But there are many people, who are still upset by violence.
2006-10-31 09:54:39 · answer #1 · answered by Maker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first daytime bank robbery in the United States was committed by the James Gang shortly after the Civil War. Newspapers sensationalized that and subsequent James Gang robberies, and there were many imitators. Now sticking a gun in a bank teller's face is commonplace. Now we even have video games that teach kids to shoot to kill reflexively, and they make excellent marksmen out of kids who have never held a gun.
2006-10-31 09:47:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Constant exposure to anything will desensitize a person to it. And yes, seeing violence and the other aspects and results of crime do in fact desensitize people over time. But it takes it's toll on people, nevertheless, and they turn away from it, escaping into other things as they can.
2006-10-31 09:46:45 · answer #3 · answered by sonyack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We see it in the movies and on television, video games...it's everywhere...we are desensitized several times a day, I think people still care just on a lower level.
2006-10-31 09:47:13 · answer #4 · answered by borntolose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
along with TV and cinema yes i think its true but i would go futher and say they encourage hatred and racism i don`t know where your from but my opinion is on English newspapers as they`re the only ones i know about.
2006-10-31 21:21:17 · answer #5 · answered by keny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who still reads the paper? with CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, ABC, CBS, NBC and the internet(s), we get all the violence we can stand.... YES, internets!
2006-10-31 11:34:31 · answer #6 · answered by Lee W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw this on a showhere they showed media gives more info. on violence and all that.
2006-10-31 09:38:23 · answer #7 · answered by dog_hell_red 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. I only read the funnies.
2006-10-31 09:42:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
deoes english am being your 1st linguage??
2006-10-31 09:36:39 · answer #9 · answered by Ian69 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋