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Television and Violence
Title: Television and Violence
Category: Literature / English
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Television and Violence
Television and Violence
“The new pornography depicts … people staving teeth in, ripping guts open, blowing brains out, and getting even with al those bastards…”(Wolfe, 655). Just as Wolfe describes in his essay “Pornoviolence,” violence has become a staple in movies, TV series’, and the media. These grotesque images have become so common that for some young children the barrier between reality and fantasy has become blurred. Children see their favorite actors killing and maiming in
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aggressively towards others (“Children”). This aggression is due to a desensitizing of pain and violence. The child constantly sees character’s die, and soon the child becomes so used to these scenes that the thought of committing an act of aggression or violence looses its power as being considered “bad” (“Children”). Psychologists call this “molding.” Children, especially younger children, look up to and imitate people around them, and that includes characters from television or movies.
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