Oscar Chen Ms. Norton 2. May.2013 Rape Culture Rape culture has greatly influenced society and has caused women to sink in danger situations. Rape is ultimately caused by men’s urge to enjoy the power they can exert over women’s bodies. Rape not only includes sexual assaults but also serve violent and punishment for women. Rape has affected many cultures and women’s life that we cannot imagine.
It is necessary to take a closer look at whether or not violence in the media really is responsible for this development and then to examine what censorship may entail before taking such a far-reaching decision. Many concerned people, ranging from worried parents through to reputable psychologists, deplore the ever-present nature of violence in the media, claiming that this is the reason why people are increasingly prepared to commit violent acts. They argue that violence is being propagated as normal or even entertaining. Violence is in the newspapers, on the news, in film plots and in cartoons. 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.
Also, the mass media plays a significant role in shaping our opinions and what we accept as normal or deviant behavior. Deviance is the violations of any given norm (Henslin, 2010); whether the infringement is as minimal as trespassing on private property, as comical as running naked through a baseball field, or as severe as committing murder and rape. Studying or writing about the topic of deviant behavior is much more interesting than one would conceive. The realization that deviant behavior is considerably more than individuals performing acts that are outside the norm is quite thought-provoking and intriguing. The mass media is continuously amplifying the acceptance of deviant behaviors.
This essay shall discuss the issues surrounding sexual images and the media’s influence, whilst using the Scapegoat Theory, the User-Gratification Theory and the Hypodermic Needle Theory. This essay will show that the media have an influence when referring to sexual images and stereotypes. This essay contains examples from the media to support the arguments made. Sexual images are an everyday interaction and they affect people more than we know, women are seen every day in print and television advertisements and are often being shown as stereotypes. According to The Overseas Humanitarian Aid Agency of the ACTU (2010), the term ‘stereotype’ is defined as an idea that many people have about a group of people that may often be untrue or only partly true, such as a common belief about women in general, or sexual objects, where women are seen only for their bodies, in order to sell products or a service, this means that women are no longer viewed as equals but rather something that can be owned, Shari Graydon (Canada’s Media Action Média 2010) states that women become sexual objects when their bodies and their sexuality are linked to products that are bought and sold.
The Tampering of Freedom of Speech In the Media Gilbert Anthony Martinez Charlotte Samuels Political Science 100 November 12, 2011 In this day and age of modern society dealing with an information based civilization, some people and agencies have a hard time with handling new and expressive forms of art and technological materials and due to this, our first amendment rights of freedom of speech are being violated unknowingly to many. We as a people are heavily influenced by the media and multimedia entities such as television, music, film/cinema, video games, the press, and of course the internet which is the fastest tool used in spreading information worldwide. With the extreme advances in technology and complexity, the world is now being exposed to new and astonishing mediums of art, expression, popular culture, and informative material that seem to anger the government, which in turn, policies supporting censorship are enforced or trying to become enforced. With the ever expanding process of technology innovation, these multimedia sources have gained more and more attention and are becoming increasingly more common. In terms of the general public, the media is most commonly understood or perceived as merely a means of entertainment.
She has also showed people who are and were mentally disturbed by the drug itself. At one point it is helpful to spread the awareness of methadone and how it can cause a major and drastic change in your life. However, in my point of view, even though the video does help spread awareness in one way, the way how the people who are getting interviewed disturbs me. The people are fully exposed to the camera to the public, which is not respecting their own private lives. It is clearly difficult when people try to pry open your life and you have to share it publicly which does cause disturbance.
Those news reports on the attack and the aftermath shaped public opinion to support the war on terrorism." (Mass Media Influence On Society, 2012) Social influences of entertainment media are both positive and negative. The internet is one of those outlets. While it allows people to connect with anyone instantly, it also opens people up for bullying. We have also used gaming as a great way to connect with people that have the same interest, however the downsides can be addiction.
Many people argue that censorship within the media is necessary to protect vulnerable people or sensitive information. Other people say that we have a right as human’s to have freedom of speech and many people argue that censorship deprives us of this right. Media censorship may be seen as positive as it can protect young eyes from seeing pornography online, violence in games or on the television and the varying ways that drugs
“Conservative and popular press especially indulges in sometimes blatant ‘foreigner bashing’ and reproduction and affirmation of racial prejudice” (Van Dijk, 1999). There are individuals out there who use social media to their advantage by spreading their biased ethnic discriminatory beliefs. The individuals who usually have this power are the social elites and political leaders. Social media has been a community with an aim to communicate with others but to promote and influence ideas to the audience (Umi Digital, 2013). Ethnicity discrimination continues to spread in different conventions and an aim to end this is
However, media cannot be solely blamed for the world-wide increase in violence. The society and environment plays a part in this major problem. Hence, the media cannot be totally blamed for the world-wide increase in violence. Though media cannot be largely blamed, it is still partly responsible for the increase of violence. Many people attribute the increase in violent youth to the increase of violence in the media.