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Persuasive Essay : The Effects of Violence in the Media

on the Level of Violence in Our Society

Nowadays , the abundance of violence and aggression is spreading into our minds from Internet , TV screens and pages of magazines or newss . Potential harm of media violence to our society became a problem of national and global concern . It is one of the most debatable public issues , which has obvious social and political backgrounds . The question , whether or not excessive violence in the media

actually causes violence in real life , became a subject of numerous scientific researches , which unexpectedly brought to absolutely opposite results giving our public a great opportunity to continue the debates

Some specialists , including Jonathan Freedman of the University of Toronto , state that .the scientific evidence simply does not show that watching violence either produces violence in people , or desensitizes them to it (Research on the Effects of Media Violence . The outcomes of other researches can be commented as the following : The researchers were surprised at the strong effect of media violence on the responses of non-provoked persons (Harris . Therefore , there 's no unity of the opinions of the specialists , but they all agree on the point that there are certain connections between media violence and aggression in real life

Many people suppose that violence in the media is a true and objective reflection of our reality , and find it acceptable . They think that violent behavior and aggression in our media represent the right for freedom of expression , protected by the First Amendment . Also , they believe that censorship in media will not be effective for lowering the amount of violence in our society , because it is an individual responsibility of every person to select appropriate media materials for himself /herself and his /her children

But , to my mind , it is very important to recognize direct influence of endless violence and aggression , coming at us from our media Undoubtedly , this issue is mostly the problem related to aggressive behaviors of teenagers and youth , because they are the most exposed to negative effects of violence . Media violence seriously damages their imagination about moral values , ethics , loyalty , friendship , security or even justice . For example , modern superheroes from action movies do a lot of shooting and leave scores of dead bodies on the streets , showing no care about the laws or responsibility and giving a bad example to our juveniles

Recent tragedy in Virginia and other school shootings in Littleton Colorado , Alberta and Erfurt are bloody outcomes of this destructive influence . Following what they can observe in the media , teenagers are motivated to get involved into such brutal activities as forming gangs bullying , rampage , etc . It may be not proved by the researches that media violence brings to increase of crime and violence rates in our country , but its negative effects are obvious . This is one of the most critical issues of public health and our social well-being

It is also known that children are especially...