Semester Final Part 3

Violence In Television

Today, many people believe that shows aired on T.V. promote violence in kids as well as the society, but this is all circumstantial. Of course every once in a while there will be a conflict in society between people or nations, but blaming this all on a show seems a bit more like avoiding responsibility than solving the issue.

Violence shown in shows such as Criminal Minds or even The Simpsons is not the reason people fight today. If anything, having these shows opens up the eyes of the naive to what really goes on in the community outside of the perfect bubble of a neighborhood or school. Shows like these gives insight on tragedies and the people responsible for them. If seeing a character on a show beat someone else up makes people want to be more violent, then that is not an issue of the show's content, but of the mindset of the child or adult.

Plots on popular T.V. shows are targeted to be relatable to the audience or else nobody would want to watch them. If including a scene or two about bullying or fighting others is featured in the show, then it is more likely to promote kindness and acceptance than how violence is okay and acceptable to use in school. In a scene like this, the show is more likely to place blame on the bully than the victim because at one point or another in people's lives, everyone has experienced hatred or discrimination in some sort of way. Knowing their audience, the show will blame the offender to allow the audience to feel a sense of contentment and righteousness about their past experiences. 

Another reason why violence in television is not the cause of violence in society today is because it causes fear for the people watching the show. In a scary movie or thriller, the people watching the show want to be scared or frightened of what is going on. Most if not all horror movies include violence of some sort, so why would people strive to behave this way if they know it scares them? Movie companies that produce these movies purposefully select their plots knowing what will frighten the audience the most. Learning from experience, people will be less likely to repeat these actions if they know that what they're witnessing is terrifying to them. As much as it is overused, people really do want to treat others how they want to be treated, and seeing these horrors is not just to give them a scare of the supernatural, but to frighten them of what could happen if they aren't careful.

In closing, violence cannot be blamed simply on a television series or movie. In fact, T.V. is actually used mostly to try to reduce violence or scare the audience of the consequences, so why blame it for just the opposite?

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