Hum/111 Media Violence

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Media Violence Lisa Larkin HUM/111 March 10, 2012 Joline Huren The topic I have chosen is media violence. Media violence, as expressed in the two articles provided, tell me this is an issue. According to our text, Ruggiero (2009), an issue is identified when it divides informed and intelligent people. The two comparison articles provided, "The Role of Media Violence in Violent Crime Has Been Exaggerated", and "Media Violence Promotes Violent Behavior", both presented the issue of media violence, according to their side of the argument, yet included some counterpoints. Both articles have explained the topic of media violence and provide support for their arguments by people who would be considered informed and intelligent. The…show more content…
In the first article, the author states, “The right-wing Parents Television Council, for example, announces that the per-hour rate in the United States of sexual and violent material and coarse language combined almost tripled from 1989 to 1999” (Cutler, 2004). Using “the right-wing” in reference to the Parents Television Council, rather than directly with the issue, show disdain for the group, and therefore, affects the truth of the author’s argument. Irrational statements such as, “Abused young women don't kill their battering husbands because they grew up watching Charlie's Angels, and teens who hear no criticism of the Gulf War tend to want another.”(Cutler, 2004), are also errors in truth because it has nothing substantial to back it up. The statement from the second article, “There is absolutely no doubt that those who are heavy viewers of this violence demonstrate increased acceptance of aggressive attitudes and increased aggressive behavior”(Donnerstein, 2004), leads to an illegitimate conclusion, because there is nothing absolute about the topic of media…show more content…
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