The question of whether violence in the media influences real violence or not is a difficult one to answer. Many other questions arise from this question, such as what is the definition of violence and how much violence is suitable for television.
But there are many opinions about this. Most people didn’t want their sons or daughters watching something considered too violent, such R-rated movies. Others don’t think that violent movies are a big deal, as long as the child knows everything is fake, and only made for entertainment.
Another idea is that “good” programs are violent and then “bad” programs are violent. “Good” programs can consist of movies that have become classics, such as “Star Wars” or ” A lonesome dove.” Bad programs can consist of horror or action movies, such as “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”, “Terminator” or “Final Destination”, which seem to have nothing but violent content.
Just, in my opinion, the line between what can be considered good and bad is terrifying. media violence is really no such thing as or when it comes. I happen to think that “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” is one of the greatest movies ever made, although it is violent, bloody, and serves no other purpose than entertainment. After all, that’s what most media is for, even “good” violent movies.
One example of a “good” violent movie is “Home Alone”. I remember when my family would sit around the TV and laugh at the two sticks on their heads covered in paint cans. Throughout the movie, the boy who was left alone at home seemed to be much more violent than either of the staff, setting traps and saying things like, “You guys have had enough, or are you hungry for more?” However, it was meant to be entertained, and I was entertained. Like it or not, sometimes people just like to see other people getting hurt. That doesn’t mean to hurt anyone, but.
An example of “bad” violent media would be professional wrestling. Many believe that professional wrestling is one of the biggest causes of violence because of a trend called “backyard wrestling,” and it gets bad press.
How good are the facts when it comes to wrestling? Professional wrestler and #1 NewYork best-selling author Mick Foley includes a study of how to cheat tests in his book Foley is Good.
In his book, Foley states that he “…was a little disturbed when the results of an Indiana University investigation into the content of episodes of RAW (A Monday Night Wrestling television show) beginning in the early 1999s did not entirely agree with everyone World Wrestling Federation’s ideas, but I never thought it was a dirty show” (Foley is Good, 397).
According to Foley, in the annual episode of Raw, Indiana University Studios, which is called Intra Edition, was revealed (Foley is Good,). 397 -98:
157 at the instance of the wrestlers or members of the audience giving the finger
434, instances of the slogan “suck” being said by wrestlers or appearing in audience signs.
1,658, instances of wrestling by palpating or pointing to the crotches
128 instances of simulated veneration
42 instances of simulated drug use
47 references to satanic activity
609, about examples of wrestlers being hit by objects such as trash cans or nightsticks
Foley states that he found these statistics in thirty-seven different newspapers, in the New York Post, in the Chicago Sun-Times Chicago Tribune, i> the < i>Washington Times, the Indianapolis Star, the Dallas< /i> Morning News, Milwaukee Daily News, and USA Today (Foley is Good, 398>). >
When Foley began recording the moments of his life from December 1998 to April 2000 for his second autobiography Foley is Good, which he began writing in July 2000, he aimed to “…be a little over twenty tapes as accurate as possible . ” He recalls “I kept the Indiana University events in the back of my mind with insightful devices and I couldn’t help but think that the events of IU seemed the least extreme” (Foley is Good 398).
Because of his disbelief with the study of Indiana University, Foley conducted his studies. He tabulated his results from 20 carpets and multiplied them by 2.5 to “…yield an equalization of the annual value of the results.” He also states that “My findings were somewhat different than IU’s studies” (Foley is Good, 399-400);
34 instances of wrestlers or members of the audience giving the finger
640 instances of wrestlers showing their slim or crotches
0 simulated instances were encountered
0 examples of simulated drug use
0 examples of satanic activity
422: instances of struggling to be hit by objects such as closer garbage or nightsticks
Dr. Foley Walter Ganz, a man who had asked to study at Indiana University to learn more. Dr. Foley Ganz informed him that he had also done a study, and asked him if he knew anyone else who had done a similar study. He answered that there was nothing. As Foley puts it, “I immediately had a new statistic: the number of journalists, correspondents, editors, and writers who check their stuff before reporting to them: 0” (Foley is Good; 402).
Foley asks if the wrestler’s returns from hitting each other are calculated changes. He answered that yes. So there was footage from previous episodes. Like Dr. Ganz put it, “sometimes the World Wrestling Federation chose to clearly show one of these exact shots on the screen that we counted.” When Dr. Ganz asks “Did you? [make the count change]” to Foley, Foley replies, “No, Dr. Ganz, I didn’t.” When Dr. Ganz asked, “Why not?” Foley is in an excellent position. “Well, Dr. Ganz, if someone told me to look at the thread and count how many home runs by Mark McGuire last year struck, I don’t think I should include videotape stories” (Foley is Good, 402-03).
Indiana University also counted simulated sexual activity for small things like a girl rubbing a man’s arm (Foley is Good, 406), and simulated drug use like getting drunk (Foley is Good). i>, 407).
The way these statistics are defined can mislead the public. When games are counted in such a study like this, the average person will most likely think in terms of how many times it has actually been done. I watched Uncooked, and some instances in which a wrestler is hit with a chair will be replaced two or three times from different angles. The wrestler was only hit once, but twice or three times, according to an Indiana University study. Using examples such as a girl rubbing a man’s arm as a flag for feigned sex or drinking beer as a flag for feigned drug use is ridiculous.
Now I want to show a comparison of the “good” violent movie that so many families in my neighborhood loved with the “bad” party of professional wrestling.
Mick Foley states that he consulted Dr. Robert Quarrels, a board member of the family physician. Dr. Quarrels asked to see a separate list of violent acts from the World Championship and the movie “Home Alone” to offer his opinion on the consequences that await (Foley is Good, 413-14).
Westling:
Getting hit in the head is:
Chair – Possible shock, laceration, contusion
Trash can or cookie sheet – Possible laceration and contusion
Title belt – Contusion, laceration, possible contusion
Kendo stick – Contusion, laceration
Mannequin’s head – It’s too funny to warrant a medical opinion
Home Alone
Pellet to the testicles – penetrated the scrotum, the bruise could separate the testicles and disrupt the vessels that carry the seminal fluids. It may result from complete dysfunction of the testicle
Pellet to head – Severe contusion, no probable penetration
A four-foot fall from an ice slide – concussion, possible vertebral fractures at various levels, swelling or a herniated disk. Subdural hematoma, or other forms of cerebral hemorrhage. Fracture of the hip or pelvis
Step down – concussion, intracranial hemorrhage, possible lower external fracture, vertebral fracture, hip fracture.
Fall on your head following a slide on the ice – See #3
Iron in the face – skull fractures, orbital blow-out fractures, facial nerve disorder, concussion, intracranial bleeding.
Hand on burning doorknob – Serious second degree burns
Toenail – Points could disturb the vessels of the foot, exposure to tetanus, severe soft-tissue infection
Blowtorch – Third degree burns, the tissue loses all function
Concrete slip – See #3
Bare feet with glass – multiple puncture wounds, risk of tetanus and infection
Two slips into the trash – See #3
Canine paint slurred – Stroke, orbital fracture, facial fracture, dental fracture, disruption of nasal cartilage, concussion, intracranial hemorrhage.
Tarantula bite – Possible T-toxin infection, possible neurotoxicity
Crowned to the ribs – rib fractures, lung puncture and deflation can occur due to a broken rib, a ruptured spleen.
In the wall strongly – multiple fractures
Snow shovel to the head – Concussion, laceration, possible skull fracture
The study that Foley has done confirms the fact that power can be a difficult word to define. Is the reproduction of violence still an act of violence? Perhaps. Is it possible to count drinking beer as a simulated drug use statistic? It is possible, but who decides?
Although these questions are not answered, the statistics still in the newspaper show what Foley mentioned. And when Foley was discovered, there were no papers from Dr. Ganz, a man who had applied for a study at Indiana University, discovered how the statistics were obtained.
In Michael Moore’s documentary “Bowling for Columbine,” Moore explores why the United States is such a violent country. He talks about the violence of the media and the devastation of gun violence in other countries, including our neighbor, Canada.
In the documentary, Moore mentions that Canada has guns, the same as the United States, but they have a lower number of murderous guns . He mentions that Japan is the leader in violent video games, and they also have a lower number of gun homicides. . He mentions that other countries have a similar violent history as the US, and yet their homicide rate is much lower than the United States. City.
Moore gives statistics in seven countries for how many people die by guns each year. The numbers appall me;
Germany – 381
France – 255
Canada – 165
United Kingdom – 68
Australia – 65
Japan – 39
United States – 11,127
Could this be done right? Japan is a leader in the production of violent video games such as Biohazard, Silent Hill and Mortal Kombat, but has the lowest number of dead guns of all. The United States is the highest.
Moore, using only the murders, does not indicate in what year or from what source I got the information, I doubted the findings. Moore has also been criticized by some for the style of his documentary, so I thought this would be an opportunity to air his results against other events I had found.
Keep in mind that the dot statistics are about high homicides compared to Moore’s statistics, which only give the number of gun homicides. My source: United Nations 1996 Demographic Year, New York, United Nations, 1998:
Germany – 110,000
France – 110,000
Canada – 170,000
United Kingdom – 90,000
Australia – 150,000
Japan – 60,000
United States – 940,000
The two statistics seem to share something in common. The United States has more murders than any other country. According to the United Nations Demographic Yearbook for 1996, our neighboring country Canada accounts for only 18% of homicides.
Also, the country with the lowest number of murders on the list is Japan. Japan, the country famously bloodthirsty video games has the lowest number of murders at seven. nations are listed. This was only 6.4% of the murders in the same year in the United States. Only 6.4%!
If middle power is the problem, what is it?
Moore warns Americans to be afraid. It gives examples of the way the American news media scares people into watching programs. In a clip from her movie, a woman tells the audience information about weight loss in the near future and says: “Because you you don’t know it can kill you.” Also, the “Seven on Your Side” commercial advertising “Starway to Danger” reports how people could use escalators to tear them apart.
Again, Moore gives the Y2K example. People all over the world were worried about what they thought was the collapse of our society. They run to stores to buy spotted water, generators, batteries, etc. nothing happened.
Author Michael Moore: The media, corporations, politicians, everything has worked so well to scrutinize the American public, it’s gotten to the point where they don’t need to be held accountable at all.”
A quote from President George W. Bush: “Today, the Justice Department did put the floor on hold… because of the general threats we received. This is the first time the Justice Department has not done this.
The theory of the United States is one of the better theories I have heard. It is certain that it is written in history books that the government tried to intimidate us, and this was not the case. once upon a time
During the Cold War, the Under Secretary of State, Dean Acheson predicted that if Greece and Turkey fell into a commonwealth, it would soon destroy the communist planet was. In order to help the two nations, President Harry Truman was anxious to send them $400 million in aid. Arthur Vandenberg, Republican foreign policy chief at the time, warned Truman that approval would “scare the hell out of the country” ( The Promise, 951).
Truman did. Lord introduced a theory which basically meant that if one country fell to communism, many countries would fall to communism. He warned that if Greece had fallen to the rebels, “confusion and confusion would spread well over the Middle East…and most deeply into Europe” (American Promise, 951-952).
Moore describes Canada’s message as different from the message we see in the United States. Instead of the perils of riding an escalator, the report talks about new speed bumps, hairs other than war. The news in the United States probably doesn’t cover the improvement of community or humanity, because that doesn’t sell as much violence as violence.
Canada has strong movies, though, as does the United States. Moore went to the Canadian Theater and left with two boys playing a video game. He asked them what they saw. It was a action movie “Friday.” Moore asks the boys, “Do you have to go out here and buy this game?” One of the boys replies, “Well… it is.
A Canadian politician who interviewed Moore talked about the need for proper daycare, special help for when their parents become old and the need to nursing home, proper health care that ensures people don’t lose their health, their property or their homes because they can’t afford medical bills. The politician said this is how you build a good society.
The same politician also misleads some governments that they do not need subsidies, taxes, and benefits.
I have tried to gather as much information as I can about the power of mass media and why it is not the real cause of violence. Many other countries watch the same violent movies we do, but the murder rates are nowhere near theirs. as eros Japan makes, sells, and plays many of the violent games that the United States plays, but the lowest homicide rate in both research and study Moore.
I gave examples of “good” violent programs and “bad.” when compared to the two, neither could be considered really good. A line cannot be drawn between the sense of good or bad violence. there was so much violence.
For those who still do not agree with me, that is fine. Personally, I can see no way that it would not allow some people the right to program while not allowing others to do the same without discrimination. There will always be a debate as to whether a kick is more violent than an iron, or whether stepping on a nail is the same as being attacked by a knife. I would go so far as to say that measuring power is almost, if not completely, impossible.
The only way to get rid of all violent media in the United States is if everyone agrees to stop watching TV, go to the movies, video games, playing/watching games (also contains violence), etc. By the way, this includes news that can be the most intense and frightening thing that the citizens of the United States of America can watch. .
I don’t think that will happen. Then again, I don’t think it’s necessarily necessary to happen. The focus should not be on media violence. The focus should be on making sure the news is more than just the issues that scare us and make sure they tell us the truth. The focus should be on health issues. Jupiter must give the state. Jupiter should be of real help to people who need real help.
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