Effects of Media Violence

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Generation after generation, media has advanced into a while new world. The archaic age of children playing outside and creating pretend games is over. Now, growing up consists of cell phones, cartoons, and apps. With the increased use of these kinds of technologies also comes the increased influence that impacts our society on a daily basis. While some believe that media is an innocent tool used for communication and entertainment, I disagree. Fingers are being pointed at our world’s current media for promoting violence to the public. Media violence seen in movies, literature, and video games has an undeniable negative influence on today’s society. When thinking about media, movies are typically one of the first aspects to pop into one’s mind. The movie industry has dramatically advanced into a lifestyle. Many families watch a movie together a few nights a week. With this type of influence, one would assume that movie makers and Hollywood stars would strive to keep frequent movie watchers from the dangers of the real world with fun and light films. Levity within movies, however, is now almost never seen. It is very rare nowadays to see a movie that contains zero drug use, violence, or some form of sexual activity. This new trend in Hollywood is not only destroying the morals of our younger generations at an early age, but is also encouraging them to partake in these violent activities. Actors and actresses also feel no remorse when it comes to their parts in movies. Actress Mae West, who doesn’t mind being in explicit movie scenes says “When I’m good, I’m very, very good. But when I’m bad, I’m better.” This statement reveals that throughout Hollywood, not only are producers willing to include vulgar scenes and/or activities in movies, but that the actors and actresses are more than willing to enact them. An article from PBS.org states that in the early to mid

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