what is your opinion?

Question

do you think television film and computer games are creating a violent generation

Answer 1

Quite the contrary. Juvenile violence levels have dropped almost constantly since the early 90s.

What violence there is can hardly be credited to media. Hundreds of thousands, or even millions of people watch or play said media daily. Crime and violence levels don't correlate at all to those numbers. What crime does correlate to is poverty. Poverty, not media, is the chief cause of violence and crime.

Answer 2

Well here is the thing, Yes I do feel that the television and computer are desensitizing our children and us.

I personally don't allow my own children to watch television. or to play video games but when they go to friends houses I know that they have played the games and watched public television.

You can see a difference in their behavior for a couple of days after.

I have to say though Just because it is there doesn't mean you have to allow your children to watch it.

My kids watch DVDs from Featured films for families.
They are clean and also teach many wonderful morals that are being lost.

Answer 3

No. Look at areas of the world where the poor don't have access to the options you listed above and you will see some of them are the most violent areas in the world.

Answer 4

I dont blame TV and Videogames. I blame parents and other family members who allow young people to watch and play them. If a parent is willing to buy a child a M rated game then it is not the designers fault.

Answer 5

It's not the video game itself; it's the parents for not watching closely to what their children are doing. It's lack of discipline, for the most part.

Answer 6

I think people can become desensitized to violent images.