Is the Media Responsible for Violence?

The violence in the world has been said to have increased dramatically over the years. However, there have been many different reasons as to why people claim the violence in the world has been increasing at such a rate. To understand, you'll need to look at both sides of the argument.

People blame media violence on the problems like murder, rape, drugs, and gore. Just because movies contain these themes and concepts, people assume that people get the ideas for doing things like these from the movies they watch, or what they see on television.

However, how much impact can the media really have? People act by nature, not by what they see on television. It's true that the media might have a small influence on people, but there are much more important causes at hand.

Serial killers have psychological problems, all of which are usually similar to eachother. These problems aren't developed from watching people kill eachother on television, they're developed in much earlier stages. Psycopathic people are not made from watching television. End of story.

In more recent studies, I've read that the violence, drugs, and sexual references haven't really even increased much in society. Most people believe that just because they see and hear more of murder, rape, drug use, and other vulgarities that they've been increasing over time.

This is highly unlikely. The media today just tends to focus on more of these issues, because they're more likely to gain the most attention of people watching. People only think that events such as these occur more frequently in modern times because they see and hear more of it.

The truth of the matter is, these things have been happening all throughout history, we're just starting to hear more and more about it now, through the media and through people that spread information around. These events are happening, and are becoming more socially acceptable because we're hearing so much about it.

If these events are truly more socially acceptable, then they're going to happen more. Something must be done about the spreading of these issues before everyone believes it's normal or that we live in a completely messed up world.

So next time you hear someone blame drugs, sex, and violence on the fact that the media shows a lot of these things, remember that these things are not increasing due to people seeing them on television. They're not really even increasing, we just happen to be hearing more and more about these types of events.