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Running Head : VIOLENCE IN THE MEDIA

Representation of violence in the media

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Abstract

Understanding media in today 's world is more than intellectual exercise it is essential survival skill in a world that has been absolutely changed by mass communication . Hundreds of studies have shown that viewing violence in the media can influence destructive behavior . This reviews research involving the relationship between the media and violence . Since , women 's issue to violence embodies many

areas of social life and is very much rampant in our society today violence to women was used for the representation for this . After taken into account , finding shows that the rising of media and the violence among women in the society has strong significant

Introduction

In 2003 , Allan Menzies stabbed his best friend , drank his blood and ate part of his skull

Utterly this murder was different from the many horrible murders that are committed . Menzies claimed that the character , Akasha , from the vampire film Queen of the Damned had told him to kill his friend as a way of gaining immortality . Menzies was possessed with the film and had viewed it over 100 times before acting on the s ' of the vampire queen (Robertson 2003

The case of Menzies certainly demonstrates the intimate relationship between media and violence . However , violence news is often selective and distorted , giving an inaccurate picture of violence in society This observation has led Warr (2000 :482 ) to argue that violence rests on highly uncertain information about risk ' In fact , Fields and Jerin (1999 ) carried out a comparative analysis of violence coverage in newss in fourteen different countries . In the US , they found evidence of misinterpretation , overrepresentation of violent , heavy reliance on official ' sources , false image of police effectiveness uniform crime coverage , lack of educational value , racial prejudice and /or stereotyping , and little coverage of corrections . This is a significant finding as the majority of citizens only have symbolic rather than experiential knowledge about violence . Consequently , when the media are the primary knowledge distributors about violence distortions such as these are readily available to construct public perceptions . And because the consequences of violence can be severe these perceptions can lead to an increased concern about violence victimization . This resonance ' hypothesis argues that the media cultivate ' a threatening view of the world , which compounds preexisting violence (Bagdikian , 2000

Impact of the media

The media has the potential for far greater impact than interpersonal communication , if only because of the larger audience and the professional nature of the messages . The impact might be seen in audience pleasure or buying behavior or it might be seen in an unintentional effect such as young child 's imitating the violent behavior seen in a favorite T .V . show or video game (Rodman , 2006 . This impact becomes the part of the feedback sent to the source , perhaps as news reports about studies into effects of media

Social Theory , Media , and Violence

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