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Essay / Media Violence Essay - 1907
Violence in the media is going to be an inevitable problem because producers make a lot of money producing violent media such as The Walking Dead. In today's technological society, money is the primary concern of those who produce our daily media sources. Media violence has become a revolution in our media. Take for example the first television show in the mid-1900s. Profanity, nudity, and even less violence were inexcusable in television shows. Until the war periods came at the beginning of the introductory period of television, which showed its viewers the reality of war. Demonstrating the reality of war sparked the anti-war movement during the Vietnam era. After the broadcast of these war scenes, the media would deteriorate, because the introduction of media triggered a new business in the media. The depiction of violence in media will become more and more explicit as the years go by, as the next big thing needs to be presented to viewers in order to maintain their interest. The victims of these media are young people, because they do not understand the consequences of such acts broadcast on television. It is those of us who are older who understand the consequences that await us if we commit such acts and we realize that these violent acts are intended for entertainment purposes only. Occasionally you will read or watch a story about an act of violence by an individual or group because of something they watched or played. Take for example the recent attacks on two twelve-year-old girls in Wisconsin. These two girls were influenced by the Slenderman Game stories and video game. These girls attacked another young girl by stabbing her 19 times, claiming they did it out of allegiance to Slenderman. This is a horrible example of how the media can influence