Essays Tagged: "violent behavior"

Hamlet - Was He Mad?

t was indeed mad. After all, Hamlet's behavior throughout most of the play is extremely erratic and violent. However, there is another way to look at his actions; there are indications within the play ... ting that he was not mad at all.One of the major arguments that Hamlet was mad, was his erratic and violent behavior in many parts of the play. His erratic behavior is especially evident in his conver ...

(6 pages) 148 0 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet

Violence In The Media

x and the action that takes place within it. Research shows that it is definitely a major source of violent behavior in children. The research proves time and time again that aggression and television ... carried out and all the results point to one conclusion: Television violence causes children to be violent and the effects can be life-long. The information can't be ignored. Violent television viewi ...

(6 pages) 306 0 4.9 Mar/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Violence in Society

It gained through violent behavior is only temporary and it lasts until the time of revenge comes around.Violence was ... Today it seems like instead of gladiators we have boxers. Is boxing just a sport, or another way of violent behavior, that is not only accepted by society but also in many ways glorified? Do we glorif ... we are afraid of you. That is again, a wrong message.Violence is glorified the most throught media, violent movies, TV shows and newspaper sensationalism.THERE SEEMES TO BE A NEED FOR VIOLNCE IN SOCIE ...

(3 pages) 148 1 4.8 Apr/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

"Violence- an inescapable reality" question: "Violence brings violence wether it is an experience in real life or on television" Discuss.

it is inescapable.The reality of most individuals presently is characterized by a heavy content of violent behavior or background, and if not so, it is almost certain that one has encountered or witn ... require them to carry weapons to protect themselves or, on the other hand, to make a living out of violently bullying others. The chances are that nine out of ten individuals living in these neighbor ...

(3 pages) 342 3 4.7 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Does Video Game Violence Have Effects on Children?

ween the ages of eight years old and tenyears old will be observed before, during, and after playingviolent video games. Looking for violent behavior before,during, and after playing violent video gam ... ames is the wholeexperiment. The conclusion is that most children have noproblems after playing the violent videogames.I think that most of the children will beunaffected by playing violent games. Mos ...

(2 pages) 295 2 3.2 Jan/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Violence in Society, there seesm to be a need for it.. .

It gained through violent behavior is only temporary and it lasts until the time of revenge comes around.Violence was ... Today it seems like instead of gladiators we have boxers. Is boxing just a sport, or another way of violent behavior, that is not only accepted by society but also in many ways glorified? Do we glorif ... we are afraid of you. That is again, a wrong message.Violence is glorified the most throught media, violent movies, TV shows and newspaper sensationalism.THERE SEEMES TO BE A NEED FOR VIOLNCE IN SOCIE ...

(3 pages) 52 0 4.3 Apr/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

The Effects of Television Violence on Children

box and the action that takes placewithin it. Research shows that it is definitely a major source ofviolent behavior in children. The research proves time and time againthat aggression and television ... en carried out and all theresults point to one conclusion: Television violence causes children tobe violent and the effects can be life-long.The information can't be ignored. Violent television viewin ...

(6 pages) 349 0 3.5 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Surrounding effects of a child's violent behavior

It has been argued that a child's violent behavior is caused by aggression by outside influences, such as peers, television and even t ... as peers, television and even their own family environment.Yet it is common knowledge that forms of violent behavior must come from somewhere. It is thought that there must be a reason for this behavi ... one instigated it somewhere along a child's life.This raised the question, are there predictors for violent behavior in children? In other words, does research show that children that have had a troub ...

(4 pages) 90 1 4.0 Aug/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

This is a exemplification essay about road rage.

Road RageRoad rage can be defined as violent behavior exhibited by drivers in traffic. Most people consider road rage a dangerous habit t ...

(4 pages) 273 0 4.5 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

The Effects of Physical Punishment to Modify Undesireable Behavior in Children. This essay explains the negative effects of using physical punishment on children.

subject to harsh physical punishment and children who grow up to be abusive adults. Also, modeling violent behavior for children strains relationships they have with others. It is generally seen that ... hildren strains relationships they have with others. It is generally seen that children raised with violent punishment are more violent in thee relationships with others. They are classically conditio ...

(2 pages) 163 2 4.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Advertising and the construction of Violent White Masculinity: gender differences in advertising

The article "Advertising and the construction of Violent White Masculinity" points to the controversy of violence and media. It emphasizes that the m ... e suggests that research has avoided to explicitly specify the relationship between masculinity and violent behavior by white men has been avoided in research.Katz believes to be able to illustrate so ... ction of masculinity that is present in mainstream magazine ads and how these ads help to normalize violent male behavior. Katz suggests that one way violence is normalized is through the movie indust ...

(2 pages) 123 0 4.6 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

How the media, including TV, music and video games influences children in a negavtive way

two or more televisions andchildren watch them incessantly. Many television programs are extremely violent andchildren can learn violent behavior from watching these programs. Studies show thatviewin ... vior is video games. Children today spend hours playing video games, most of whichhave some form of violent theme or content. The violence in video games can desensitizechildren to violence and alter ...

(1 pages) 164 1 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Mass media controls youth and the actions that they take.

at the mass media and it's effect on society and if the media influences society's attitude towards violent behavior. In order to fully understand this question we must first understand what violence ... esn't cause serious harm.In a recent study they found that perpetrators go unpunished in 73% of all violent scenes, one out of four violent interactions involved the use of handguns.Other study's indi ...

(8 pages) 320 1 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Controversial role models.

seriously because they are incredibly influential. Their art should not depict so much negative and violent behavior.One of the most negative and controversial youth role models today is Necro. He has ... , but he also has a lot of enemies. Lesbians and gay groups have been speaking out against Emimem's violent songs for over a year now. Eminem's music contains some of the most explicit descriptions of ...

(4 pages) 55 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

TV Violence's Influence On Children.

ox and the action that takes place within it. Research shows that it isdefinitely a major source of violent behavior in children. The research provestime and time again that aggression and television ... n carried out and all the results point to one conclusion: Televisionviolence causes children to be violent and the effects can be life-long.The information can't be ignored. Violent television viewin ...

(6 pages) 190 0 2.6 Jun/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

The media directly contributes to making more violent than another?

In reality, for many individuals presently characterized by a background of violent behavior, it is probable that they have encountered or witnessed violence on a daily basis t ... goes unchecked, the television. Children who view it are often enchanted by its realistic world of violent scenes without devastating consequences. Many researches have shown that children are mesmer ... talling what is right and necessary to learn.Some commercial's producers might think that, the more violent materials they put into their projects, the more viewers will think about the violent action ...

(2 pages) 34 0 3.7 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Is violence innate of is it learned.

ng from Television shows to psychological reasons, but on the other hand humans can as well be born violent from scientific factors such as genes.The famous psychologist once stated that, "humans are ... ns are not loving creatures rather they are creatures who wish to engage in violence and tend to be violent from birth (Donahue 29). Freud is absolutely correct because he states humans tend be violen ...

(5 pages) 68 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

The Effect of Television Violence on Children and Teenagers.

t of Television Violence on Children and TeenagersIn every Saturday morning cartoon there are 20-25 violent acts, for every hour of prime time television, there are 5 violent acts, and the average gra ... age grade seven student will have watched about 8,000 murders on T.V in their short lifetimes. This violent programming is having a detrimental effect on children and teens all over the world. Televis ...

(5 pages) 336 3 4.5 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Effects of Television Violence on Children.

r 2001, Vol.51 Issue2 p.300.The article attempts to prove a child's ability to process a display of violent behavior iseffected by the way their brain interprets and processes the information. A child ... ficant factor in identifying a child's maturity level. This is proven through sampletesting where a violent scenario is viewed by providing a clip of a Television show,which displays some form of viol ...

(2 pages) 94 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Media Violence: Not the Real Culprit for the Problems of Society

edia violence is a major issue with our lawmakers, especially those who are running for reelection. Violent behavior has always been an issue amongst politicians. Although the cause of violent behavio ... he 1990s the invention of the V-chip allowed to block television programs with sexually explicit or violent material (Kirszner and Mandell 564). The American Public has always tried to put the blame f ...

(9 pages) 201 0 4.2 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media