In his novel, Tom is victimized at school in a way that is similar to “war”—the bully never lets up (Brown 2011). It was this famous novel that “evoked strong expressions of abhorrence towards, and condemnation of, the practice of bullying, and various suggestions were made on how it could be countered” (Rigby, Smith, Pepler 2004). While this novel helped spark public discussion and concern about bullying in schools, the types and prevalence of bullying in schools was somewhat unknown by the public. John Hughes’ novel served as the foundation for Olweus’ study in Scandinavia during the 1970’s, which explored the nature of bullying, the risks associated with bullying and the harm it causes (Rigby 2002). According to Nerissa S. Bauer, “bullying is aggressive behavior marked by an imbalance of power occurring repetitively with intent to harm and can either be physical (e.g., fighting, pushing) or relational (e.g., social exclusion, spreading rumors)” (Bauer 2007).
After reading Kenneth Wooden’s book Weeping in the Playtime of Others: America’s Incarcerated Children, I was exposed to the devastating, heartbreaking truths about our corrupt legal system. I was never aware of the physical abuse, torture and exploitation experienced by juveniles staying in correctional facilities across America. What I found to be most disturbing is that many of these youths were not actually criminals, but runaways and mentally disabled and emotionally disturbed children. The graphic and specific nature of the descriptions was extremely unsettling because although they are events that occurred in the past, it is still recent enough to realize that what happened to these children was not terribly long ago. However, the gruesome treatment of juveniles has in
He states that results of research on the harmful effects of media violence on children are either so vague that they can be openly interpreted to something different or so insignificant that they can be ignored. Fowles side of the article focuses on criticizing the opposite side. He claims that there is not enough evidence on the media for being the primary source of violence that infects children. He finds several interpretations to each of the research studies that claim that there are negative effects on the exposure to media violence. He makes a point that viewers are not incompetent and that they actively interpret and process violence in the media to know the reality of the violence they viewed.
How one interprets this information and correlates it into their personal beliefs and actions can be overwhelming. This can lead to strong convictions that politics in general are disintegrated and are irrelevant. Apathy towards the government and politics becomes more of a norm for some people, so why bother to vote at all? What is the incentive and why should it matter? I would address these issues with someone who has these dispositions in a number of ways.
Popular Torture Viewer discretion is advised. In Anne-Marie Cusacs article “Watching Torture in Prime Time” she discloses the truth behind Fox Channel’s hit show “24” and it’s use of torture as method of entertainment. The media has become a huge part of our lives for a source of learning, entertainment and communication. Popular media needs to be limited to the context, since much of the information it is unreliable. Exposing violence in the media teaches bad morals and is not supported by the greater good of society.
There is little question that the public leans toward a punishment that is harsher for those who commit acts of armed robber. The public would the people are who innocent and inevitably be the victims who would be the targets for those criminals. The public would be in full support of a motion that punishes those who perform these acts more harshly than they are being punished now in the hopes that the new legislation would act as deterrence. It has been a common theory that harsher punishments would indeed be effective as deterrents to such acts of deviance as armed robbery. Acts of armed robbery that end in violence or homicide tend to render the public outraged and give their voice a stronger demand for justice to be done.
Amusing Ourselves to Death In the novel Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman analyzes the undeniable truth that the media, and its mediums, have caused a major cultural revolution. This dynamic shift from an age of the printed word, to that of the television, has created an epistemological transition that has led to the redefinition of the content and meaning of public discourse. The argument proposed by Neil Postman stems from the idea in which the entertainment power of images has caused the truth of these messages to be degraded and misinterpreted. Postman (1985) writes “we do not measure a culture by its output of undisguised trivialities but by what it claims as significant” (p. 16). Here Postman argues that televisions’ trivial nature
Although the theory does well at explaining the effects of the mass media, it doesn’t explain why and how they create moral panics; despite this, the theory understands the consequences of moral panics. Therefore Cohen is the best to explain how the mass media creates moral panics about crime and
These statements I accepts as true use the demand of both ethos and pathos, in that the proofs the present provoke the readers to think about the beliefs behind the media, and the passionate influence used by the writers. Both Fox and Hart make the resources by which the media exposes its audience to the unrealistic body images, and the effects that these images have. For instance, they write “The promotion of the thin body ideal. Pre-teen or underweight models are used as the predominant image with a lack of diversity in body size, shape, age, and ethnicity.” (Fox, Hart) This example shows the way in which the underweight models are put out there by the media to appeal to girls who simply cannot achieve this “model” weight and presence. Through this sequence of statements, it is evident that the writers are using passionate appeal to persuade readers that they sense the media impact is in fact harmful.
Cultural policy in general refers to government measures taken to encourage or to protect activities in areas defined as cultural (Marsh & James, 2012). Through the decades, the cultural sector has played a most important role in national cohesion. Government intervention has also boosted the cultural industry and so have technological advances, which have helped in the dissemination of mass culture among the citizens. The modern- state is a sophisticated information apparatus with the government and traditional mass media acting as the two major information arms (Gasher, 2012, p. 9). However, there have been several stumbling blocks.