"(Peterson) With new improvements in technology, Quentin Tarantino and many other directors are capable of creating and destroying characters in a brutal, detailed manner. These characters are created as if they were made on an assembly line. Many critics and viewers protest these movies because they showcase non-senseless violence in a repetitive fashion. Other violent movies, such as The Passion of Christ, display violence in a detailed manner, but also offer a message of morality to its viewers. Violence in movies has always been a controversial issue, and author Vivian Sobchack concludes that these movies showcasing violence have no "moral agenda."
When discussing this topic you should make careful references to different types of Audience theory as appropriate. Over the years, the representation of violence in the media has become increasingly intense and more graphic. This has led to several enquires about the impacts of these portrayals of violence in the media. There have also been questions if the adult audience of the media today should be as concerned as the adults in the 1930s were. Media is the plural of medium which is a means of communication, that is, a channel through which people send and receive information.
Constraints. a. First are the cultural barriers along with the differences in language that will make it very difficult to understanding what each side is conveying to reach the necessary goals in establishing a coalition. b. The country’s that are involved will have different national interests that will create obstacles.
The aim of this essay is to discuss and critique the ways in which the strategies that have been adopted by terrorist organisations an how they have evolved over the past two decades. Terrorists communicate fear and evoke a desired response from their target audience using mass media, specifically through the use of the Internet. It is difficult for terrorists to get their desired response when they cannot communicate effectively with their targets, and therefore their strategies in response to this issue have changed. The way in which terrorists have used media as a platform to get their message across has changed throughout the history of terrorism. The new era of terrorism can be seen as more media and technology driven than ever before.
The word has evolved to cause panic because of the modern world today. There is a stigma associated with this word that did not exist as strongly as it does in the present. Today, a quick search using an Internet search engine brings up an online dictionary, which defines a terrorist as a person, usually a member of a group, who uses or advocates terrorism. An electronic BESTA dictionary defines a terrorist as a freedom fighter. This leads to the bigger question of what a terrorist actually is.
This documentary heavily revolves around the idea that the main cause of gun violence in America is due to so many American’s being immersed in a culture of fear. This matter is brought up by Rock Artist Marilyn Manson whos music was targeted by the media in the wake of The Columbine Massacre as a cause of the mass shooting. “It’s a campaign of fear and consumption” says Manson, “Keep the people scared and they will consume”. Moore seems to agree as he plays a montage of TV news headlines that blast viewers with images of crime after crime. This shows the viewer how Americans are not being shown the more important news story’s when a clip reveals “new speedbumps” being setup in a peaceful town in Canada.
hip-hop has long been the focus of a public dispute surrounding violent music. Hip-hop is closely associated with low-level criminality. A number of highly successful hip hop artists have been attacked or killed as a result of feuds within the industry and links between managers, promoters, and criminal gangs. censorship of pornographic material prevents the corrupting of the children. And the religious conflicts are avoided by the censorship of material deemed insulting of offensive to a particular religious community.
The negative impact rap and hip hop music have on our youth is detrimental effects to those that listen to such violent and sexually graphic lyrics. One negative impact that rap and hip hop have on our youth is violence. It is not hard to find, or hear examples of violence in either rap or hip hop today. One example of such unmistakable violence can be heard in such lyrics, as “Marilyn Manson,” whose less vulgar lyrics include: “who says date rape is not kind?” Let’s just kill everyone and let your god sort them out.” And “The housewife I will beat, the prolife I will kill.” In addition, “Eminem,’ the hip-hop artist most popular with teens today recently wrote “Bonnie and Clyde,” a song in which he described killing his child’s mother and dumping her body in the ocean. Eminem was at the time married to his child’s mother, who tried committing suicide after the release of this cd and after failing filed for divorce.
Violence, crime, suicide, racism, stereotyping, discrimination, abomination, where does it all stem from? More importantly, how can it be treated? Does one really believe violent behavior is a genetic trait? Can one conclude that the two guys who committed the Columbine High School shooting, were troubled and violent the day they were born? It would be irrational to believe so.
The discussion about violence in films is usually had in the media and often occurs after there has been an extreme violent act, particularly by a young person or a controversially violent film just released. Media often looks for links between violent acts and causes and if they find a link that shows that a person who has been very violent watched violent films then they will make a connection based on that situation. An example of this is Kick Ass 2 where after a gun massacre by a young man on a school one of the main stars of the film Jim Carrey distanced himself from the film in reaction to the attack and the film was criticised for being too violent, aimed at young people and a bad influence. The executive producer of the film responded by saying ‘I’ve never quite bought the notion that violence in fiction leads to violence in real-life any more than Harry Potter casting a spell creates more Boy Wizards in real life’. Kick-Ass 2 is a follow up movie of an ultra-violent comic book and sees Chloe Moretz and Aaron Taylor-Johnson have roles as high school pupils turned DIY superheroes Hit Girl and Kick-Ass.