Violence in the Media

The Effects of Violence on TV Did you hear about the recent Jonesboro shootings in America where an 11-year-old and a 13-year-old shot down and killed four school mates and a teacher? The outrage has been put down to many things including exposure to violence in the media and computer games. Television authorities will tell you that TV doesn’t breed murderers, and to some extent it is true, but the fantasy violence on TV …

…murder weapons for playtime. Society needs to realise that it has taken a backward step in allowing make-believe violence to become such a way of life. We as a society need to regain an understanding of the true value of human life and this needs to be reflected in the media. The standards that are accepted on TV in this generation will become the standards that will be accepted in real life the next generation.