Pornography

            
             In the late Seventies, America became shocked and outraged by the rape,.
             mutilation, and murder of over a dozen young, beautiful girls. The man who.
             committed these murders, Ted Bundy, was later captured and executed. During his.
             detention in various penitentiaries, he was mentally investigated and enraged by.
             psychologist and psychoanalysts hoping to discover the root of his violent actions and.
             sexual frustrations. Many theories arose to explain the cause for the murdering of the.
             many young girls. However, the strongest and most probable of these theories came.
             not from the psychologists, but from the man himself, "as a teenager, my buddies and I.
             would all sneak around and watch porn. As I grew older, I became more and more.
             interested and involved in it, [pornography] became an obsession. I got so involved in.
             it, I wanted to incorporate [porn] into my life, but I couldn't behave like that and.
             maintain the success I had worked so hard for. I generated an alter-ego to fulfill my.
             fantasies under-cover. Pornography was a means of unlocking the evil I had buried.
             inside myself" (Leidholdt 47). .
             Mass media, specifically movies and television programs containing.
             pornography and violence have been heavily criticized. The mass media, from the.
             earliest days of its existence, has contributed greatly in ways that both enlighten and.
             enrich society, and also to ways that deteriorate and perplex it. It is not a surprise to.
             learn, then, that the mass media is the most powerful source of information we have,.
             and nothing else in today's world influences public perception as greatly.
             Unfortunately, however, most of what is broadcast or transmitted in the news today is.
             with reference to the chaotic condition of our world, or something else that society as.
             a whole sees as damaging. But the news on television is not the only type of media.
             taking the criticism of society. After considering the increase in child molestation,.