Effects of teenage on media.

TV violence

"The relationship between violence on the screen and violence in real life is extremely complicated. But while the relationship may not be that of direct cause and effect, we must bear it in mind. Violent programmer may depress some people, shock others, de-sensitize some and encourage imitation by a few." (BBC Handbook-Guidelines for T.V Producers Regarding Violence and Censorship)

The media is all around us and for this reason I feel it is inevitable that it will have some sort of effect on us. Television is the most popular and accessible form of media; everybody has at least one television set in their home. It is also said to be the most vivid portrayer of the world. Screen violence is a term given to violence seen in television programmers, videos and cinema; basically any violence viewed on a screen. What causes a problem when debating screen violence is how we define and measure violence, as different people have different interpretations of what is violent? Some kinds of 'violent' activity are labeled as 'violent' others as 'war heroism'.

United States

United States

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Everybody interprets and responds to the media in different ways. The 'hypodermic syringe' or 'effects' model is a theory, which concentrates on the negative effects of the media i.e. what the media 'does to us'. The power is believed to lie with the media and terms such as 'the mass media' or 'mass communications' are often used to emphasize the size and scale of media operations. It believes in a passive audience and highlights certain groups of people as being more vulnerable than others are. Children, people who are mentally ill, women, and the working class are the named groups because they are either obviously vulnerable (i.e. children and the mentally ill), or exposed to the media much more than other...