She then brings up the issue of unnerving newspaper headlines such as “Bloodlust Video Games Put Kids in the Crosshairs” (205). Sternheimer feels not enough emphasis has been given to other issues such as “social rejection and depression” (206). She also brings our attention to information on statistical evidence. Sternheimer believed it to be “controversial” and feels it “exclude[s] a host of other factors” (207). Sternheimer feels it is these other over looked factors that are truly the cause of “young killers” (210).
Summary of Do Video Games Kill by Karen Stemheimer In the commentary, “Do Video Games Kill”, Karen Sternheimer brings to light an interesting and incredibly controversial subject; are video games to blame for youth gun violence? She maintains that due to many biased opinions; political, religious and advocacy groups, the media have failed to provide ample information to the public resulting in the inability to form an educated opinion, in turn causing a mass hysteria resulting in tougher security guidelines in schools, stricter juvenile laws and far less personal and parental responsibility. An incredibly popular first person shooter video game, Doom, is ripe with gratuitous violence. So much so that it has been blamed for several mass shootings, perpetrated by middle-class, white, young-adult males. The media, politicians, advocacy groups as well as the FBI are steadfast in claiming that the only rational explanation is that of the individuals falling prey to the aggression inciting video game.
For example, some teenagers have very difficult backgrounds, which make them sometimes act in a disrespectful way. For this reason it is unfair to make judgements without considering ones personal background and social context. While watching the documentary, Educating Essex, I felt great sympathy for one boy in particular called Vinnie. Vinnie has a very difficult background which effects the way he reacts to others. However it is wrong to call him a “wild” and “ignorant” teenager without his personal situation.
To Whom It May Concern: Do you want your children and students getting an extra dosage of vulgar language, sexually rated scenarios, and issues that are awful enough to cause depression? In the book The Catcher in the Rye all of these issues are present. Everything from filthy language written on walls, to the purchase of a prostitute, all of this is present in this novel. This book is not helping solve the issues that teenagers are facing in these days. That is why it should be banned from schools across the country.
Bias in media In the media it is expected that the articles are true, however; in some cases authors twist the truth to change the reader’s perspective. This can be seen quite obviously in the article ‘Party crawl turns ugly’ which was published in the Townsville Bulletin by Kate Higgins in early November. Within this article both language and structural features have been used in order to convince the audience that teenagers who party are all uncontrollable. Higgins’ article from November 12th 2012 shows bias towards all teenagers, especially those who attend parties. The language features used throughout the article ‘Party crawl turns ugly’ is bias and portrays teens in a negative form.
Violence is a source of laughter in children's programs; films present it as staple fare; it is served as pseudo-information in sensation-hungry newspapers and on reality TV; and it is even glorified by some musicians in their lyrics and performances. In fact in the public domain, it is difficult to find material that is not linked to violence in some form. Those who are worried by this development also point out that the negative examples provided by the media are not balanced by a positive view. Criminals are often seen as daredevil and debonair or are presented so as to arouse sympathy. The so-called ‘heroes’ in TV series and films, be they Dirty Harry, the Power Rangers, Butch Cassidy or the Mighty Ducks, are frequently violent and
Lisa, their smart daughter, is unpopular at school. Many people in the US and in many other countries of the world are audiences of these kind of television programs that rampantly depict untrue yet popular stereotypes. People begin to have perceived views and even prejudices due to these depicted stereotypes. Stereotypes created by the media take away our individuality and instead, provides us with a common identity. When this happens, there is an erosion of our personal uniqueness.
People often believe that bullies are individual sadists in society, who seek pleasure from other’s despair. Due to this common misconception, people fail to understand that an average citizen can become a bully based on the circumstantial factors in an atmosphere (Zimbardo, Lucifer). Various psychological experiments have proven that bullying occurs due to the presence of specific social factors in an environment. Anonymity is a primary social factor which promotes bullying, since it creates a lack of empathy in an atmosphere. The ignorance of authority figures is another social factor which causes bullying since it creates an acceptable environment for victimization.
Comedies normally explore the rebellion of youth against age. To what extent does Jerusalem satisfy this convention? Jerusalem doesn’t satisfy this convention as youth against age isn’t generally used for comedy. It is used to show the audience the rebellion against teenage kids and the older generation. As it is the younger adults that rebel against their parents by taking drugs and consuming alcohol and it is the older generation that rebel against those in higher authority.
People simply think of this as normal behaviour, because he is a product of society. 2) The views on narcissism in text 2 and 3 are not the easiest texts to compare, because they are more or less contradictions of each other. In text 2, narcissism is looked on as a growing problem in the American population, and especially the American youth are being more and more narcissistic according to the book “Generation me” and text 2. Professor Jean Twenge explains that she’s convinced, that today’s young people have