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  • Essay / Mass Media Violence - 932

    Mass media are an integral part of human social life. This is a turnover of a lot of information, which is not often beneficial. It is difficult to imagine that people with all amenities could ever live without the media. However, adults are not the only consumers of all the television programs, movies, news, and other products that the media industry offers to adults. Media violence has a negative impact on adolescent behavior, and the problem is that media is so prevalent. Additionally, the content of media products contains many violent scenes and acts. In this article, the problem of media violence and its impact on children's behavior will be studied in more detail and possible solutions will be discussed. Media violence attracts public attention whenever new types of entertainment appear. This affects the psychology of children which is not yet formed. Additionally, in the media, in any form, there is a presence of racism, drugs, sex and issues that stimulate the degradation of ethics. Violence on television screens, video games, songs, movies and more translates into violent behavior in real life. There are many theories about how and when the impact of media violence is perceived and occurs. The problem of violence in the media emerged very early. This problem mainly appears with television, then with the development of the cinema industry and the Internet, this problem has expanded. The main problem is that children watch a lot of television and watch almost all types of programs and films. For example, by the time the average American child graduates from high school, he or she will have witnessed approximately 13,000 violent deaths (Cross and Gerber 2000). As a result, this affects the psychology of children and some of them become more aggressive and...... middle of article......mann 2004).A theoretical explanation of media violence has been described previously. However, violence in the media does not have the same influence on the viewer. Research has shown that many elements have an effect on the perception of violence. The content and realism of the violent scene, the child's own experience are also one of the factors. In addition, personal characteristics of character are a component of perception, if the child is predisposed to aggression during a scene of violence, he will initiate aggressive behavior. Less attractive scenes have little effect on children. To impress the minds of children, a scene of violence had to be above a minimum level of attraction. Therefore, more attractive scenes have more influence on children's behavior than less attractive and realistic episodes. The impact of mass media on adolescent aggression is one of the main problems of behavior and social behavior..