Most people agree that technology is a hefty contributor to the change. ... The popular games themes were sports, dance, and cartoon games. ... The popular violent military focused game, Call of Duty, is credited to be one of the most brutal games out there. ... Themes such as fitness, puzzles, and brain training are popular for older gamers. ... Most studies on aggressive behavior have been on the influences that lead to this behavior. ...

• Word Count: 1930
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Most of the studies done to date concluded that there is some correlation between media violence and societal violence. ... Gradually, television has developed into one of America's most popular entertainment sources. ... The media and television networks are aware that the young audience is the most vulnerable. ... As a result, the children observe these behaviors as acceptable ways to act, better yet they might be looked at as more popular, and attractive. ... As this topic has become a more popular controversy, the government has become more involved in dealing with this problem. ...

• Word Count: 1285
• Approx Pages: 5

Of course there are basic rudimentary definitions of political and institutional violence that shall be discussed in this essay, but it is how people associate themselves to that violence that is of most importance. ... The government brutally suppressed non-violent actors within the rebellion as they broadcast to the rest of the nation lies and slander in order to alienate support away from the APPO (Popular assembly of the people of Oaxaca) campaign (Bayona, 2011). ... Non-violent resistance has taken many forms and been given a variety of names be it "pacifism " "non-violent resistance " o...

• Word Count: 2188
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Video games like "Call of Duty," "Halo," "Counterstrike," and "Assassin's Creed" have been some of the most popular first-person-shooter games (Hartmann, Krakowajak, and Tsay-Vogel). ... Though these games come with a rating and caution, they are still the most popular among video games played by youth (DeLisi). ... Lastly, players are rewarded for their acts of violence, and this is the largest and most true form of distortion of consequence to violence. Violence is such a relevant part of video games, and one of the most relevant parts of viol...

• Word Count: 1934
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The typical R-rated, 90 minute film include between fourteen and twenty-one sex acts and unlike television most acts are visually portrayed. ... Although no one is required to submit a film for rating, most producers do so. ... Violence and sex are popular topics among many of today's music videos and CD artists. ... A popular hit on R&B, "Oochie Wolly" graphically describes oral and group sex" (Bayles 42). ...

• Word Count: 2092
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In order to understand the cycle of violence or prevent it, we should examine the psychological and sociological factors found in the players and roles of this tragic drama: A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE The most common factor in the developmental history of both abusers and victims is previous experience and exposure to violence. ... A good number of batterers are passive in most areas of their everyday life, and it is this passivity that can contributes to their explosive rages. ... Contrary to popular belief, most batterers are not proud of their violent behavior, and often suffer shame and ...

• Word Count: 1382
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Chris Boyatzis and his colleagues observed a similar effect when they showed the popular children's program Power Rangers to elementary school age children. ... Fortunately, most human behavior is learned observationally through modeling. ... Through "Reinforcements" the observer expects to receive positive reinforcements for the modeled behavior; for example, most children witness violence on television being rewarded by the media. ... Bandura believes aggression reinforced by family members is the most prominent source of behavior modeling. ...

• Word Count: 1408
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Media constantly educates the public with images and ideas of popular qualities and characteristics of being a real man, which include strong, powerful, active, tough, muscular, undestroyable, violent, aggressive etc. ... Furthermore, the government spends most of the resources in researching and controlling aggressive behavior in men, but completely ignoring the same in women. ...

• Word Count: 1418
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Another incident in Ohio, five-year-old Austin Messner set his parent's house a fire killing his sister after viewing the popular MTV cartoon Beavis and Butthead. ... (Microsoft Encarta, 1997) The V-chip is the most current weapon in the censorship battle. ...

• Word Count: 1284
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There are three main types of media in this world that we hear or see on our daily occasion: television, radio, and newspaper. On such media, violence is presented in a form that anybody may read or hear it. For many years, it has been told that violence in media affects the youths therefore it must...

• Word Count: 1394
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Unfortunately in most of these cases children are involved and do witness the abuse to their mother. ... In most cultures still today women are responsible for the family life and nurturing the family. ... Marva Wallace was a very popular battered women's case, It took place in Los Angeles. ... In most cases the police were called to the house several time before a battered women has killed her husband (Browne10-11). ...

• Word Count: 1778
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Courtney says, "At first I was a little skeptical about dating someone with a two year age difference but I couldn't help my physical attraction towards her, how she was self-dependent, popular, and continuously showed her growing love and affection towards me"." ... Unfortunately, the most traumatic experience in their relationship was when her partner raped her. ... Finally, because adolescents experiencing abuse are most likely to turn to a friend, prevention and intervention efforts should also focus on teaching young people how to help friends who are experiencing dating violence. .....

• Word Count: 1394
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The most famous laboratory experiment into the effects of media violence on children is Bandura, Ross and Ross" (1961, 1963) Bo-bo doll study. ... A relatively new area of research around this topic is concerned particularly with violent video games, as this is a modern phenomenon, having become increasingly popular. ...

• Word Count: 1855
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is most of the times defined as the use of actual physical violence or serious threats of violence to achieve political goals (Danziger, 2001, 258). ... Most of the time, political violence has conjured up the innocents in Rwanda, Southern Sudan, East Timor, and funerals in Northern Ireland, even the violation of women in Bosnia. ... Most of the times, it ritualizes the death as sacrifice, and shows martyrdom as testimony. ... It is certain that contrary to revolutions, and more evil than them, separatist movements have been one of the most significant issues that has been debated over th...

• Word Count: 2324
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Violent Effects That the Media Has on America's Youth For Americans, watching television has become part of their daily routine. It has become a part of life for all ages of people. By age three, television viewing has become an event that the entire family can enjoy. television can take one...

• Word Count: 1731
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography

Unfortunately, journalists and reporters, writers of fiction and non-fiction shows, creators of video games and writers of popular songs, are encouraged to produce creative work addressing not social responsibility, but rather the public's perceived desire for constant titillation and increasingly shocking material. ...

• Word Count: 2159
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

When horror movies such as "Psycho" were presented, these types of movies became one of the most popular to viewers in the 1950s and 1960s. ... The most commonly held theory used to explain why people like to be frightened by their media is an idea known as catharsis. ... What frightened you as child will most likely have little if any effect on you as an adult. ...

• Word Count: 2037
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

Despite the array of services offered through shelters, most children affected by domestic violence do not have access to these services. ... Although the American Psychological Association has recently focused attention on childhood exposure to domestic violence, and some mental health professionals have, for years, provided special services to battered women and their children, most mental health professionals do not receive training in recognizing or treating children exposed to domestic violence (Katz 164). ...

• Word Count: 2241
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The most recent example of this occurred on April 20, 1999, what has come to be known as the Columbine shootings. ... Two very violent and very popular video games (gurlpages.com). ... The elderly are portrayed by television as weak, and more susceptible to violence (which in most cases is true). ...

• Word Count: 2122
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School