Presented by Veronica Tanya Sarahi and Diana

Violence Input in Children through Media

People all over the world use the media everyday whether

its using a computer watching TV talking on the phone or

listening to the radio media is a way to communicate

How does media influence violence

The increase of violence on television and music lyrics has corresponded with a great increase in aggressive

thoughts and violent crimes over the past decades especially in teens

It is believed that the cause and effect relationship exists between

media violence and real life violence

The Effects of Violence in Media

bull Teens listen to an average of 40 hours of music per week

bull Lyrics have become increasingly explicit particularly with reference to drugs sex sexual violence etc

bull American Statistics show (in music lyrics) that 47 of mothers with children in public schools believe that violent messages in music contribute ldquoa great dealrdquo to school violence

bull 66 of 13-17 year olds believe violence in music is partly responsible for violent crimes

Music Statistics

People all over the world use the media everyday whether

its using a computer watching TV talking on the phone or

listening to the radio media is a way to communicate

How does media influence violence

The increase of violence on television and music lyrics has corresponded with a great increase in aggressive

thoughts and violent crimes over the past decades especially in teens

It is believed that the cause and effect relationship exists between

media violence and real life violence

The Effects of Violence in Media

bull Teens listen to an average of 40 hours of music per week

bull Lyrics have become increasingly explicit particularly with reference to drugs sex sexual violence etc

bull American Statistics show (in music lyrics) that 47 of mothers with children in public schools believe that violent messages in music contribute ldquoa great dealrdquo to school violence

bull 66 of 13-17 year olds believe violence in music is partly responsible for violent crimes

Music Statistics

The increase of violence on television and music lyrics has corresponded with a great increase in aggressive

thoughts and violent crimes over the past decades especially in teens

It is believed that the cause and effect relationship exists between

media violence and real life violence

The Effects of Violence in Media

bull Teens listen to an average of 40 hours of music per week

bull Lyrics have become increasingly explicit particularly with reference to drugs sex sexual violence etc

bull American Statistics show (in music lyrics) that 47 of mothers with children in public schools believe that violent messages in music contribute ldquoa great dealrdquo to school violence

bull 66 of 13-17 year olds believe violence in music is partly responsible for violent crimes

Music Statistics

bull Teens listen to an average of 40 hours of music per week

bull Lyrics have become increasingly explicit particularly with reference to drugs sex sexual violence etc

bull American Statistics show (in music lyrics) that 47 of mothers with children in public schools believe that violent messages in music contribute ldquoa great dealrdquo to school violence

bull 66 of 13-17 year olds believe violence in music is partly responsible for violent crimes

Music Statistics

Children 12 years and under committed murder robber larceny-theft and forcible rape that showed evidence of specific reenactments of actions in movies Throughout the past 30 years violence in the media has increased and so has violence in our society among young peopleResearchers followed 329 subjects over 15 years and found that those exposed to violent television shows were much more likely to later be convicted of a crimeExamples Jackass The Simpsons Jersey Shore Family Guy Angry Birds etc

Movies and Television Shows

Genre of Acts of Violence

Cartoons 471Movies 221

Music Videos 123TV Dramas 69

Tabloid Reality shows 58Soap Operas 34

Promos for TV Shows 265Toy Commercials 188

Commercials for Films 121News 62

Sitcoms 52

18 hour TV-guide Broadcast Study (1992)The networks and most popular cable channels were monitored for

purposeful behavior involving physical force or weapons against other individuals

Ex They found that the average childrenrsquos animated movies contains 95 minutes of violence

At the age children begin to play video games they have not quite developed the ability to distinguish

between what is reality and what is not

This can cause young children to act upon the violence they have viewed on television video games

and such not knowing that what they are doing is wrong or inappropriate

Video Games

Genre of Acts of Violence

Cartoons 471Movies 221

Music Videos 123TV Dramas 69

Tabloid Reality shows 58Soap Operas 34

Promos for TV Shows 265Toy Commercials 188

Commercials for Films 121News 62

Sitcoms 52

18 hour TV-guide Broadcast Study (1992)The networks and most popular cable channels were monitored for

purposeful behavior involving physical force or weapons against other individuals

Ex They found that the average childrenrsquos animated movies contains 95 minutes of violence

At the age children begin to play video games they have not quite developed the ability to distinguish

between what is reality and what is not

This can cause young children to act upon the violence they have viewed on television video games

and such not knowing that what they are doing is wrong or inappropriate

Video Games

At the age children begin to play video games they have not quite developed the ability to distinguish

between what is reality and what is not

This can cause young children to act upon the violence they have viewed on television video games

and such not knowing that what they are doing is wrong or inappropriate

Video Games

bull 1999 Columbine High School shootingbull Two young men who committed this crime were said to

have been extreme video game fanatics

bull 1997 Michael Carneal from Kentucky shoots three of his classmates bull ldquoMichael Carneal clipped off nine shots in a 10-second period

Eight of those shots were hits Three were head and neck shots and were kills That is way beyond military standard for expert marksmanship This was a kid who had never fired a pistol in his life but because of his obsession with computer games he had turned himself into an expert marksmanrdquo

Exampleshellip

httpvideo-game-addictionorg

wwwlimitvorgindexhtm

Chrysalis Family Counseling Center(951) 782-9616

4145 Ninth StreetsRiverside CA 9250

Resources

httpvideo-game-addictionorg

wwwlimitvorgindexhtm

Chrysalis Family Counseling Center(951) 782-9616

4145 Ninth StreetsRiverside CA 9250

Resources

Grade 7-8Standard 1 Essential Concepts13S Describe how the presence of weapons increases the risk of serious violent injuries

bull History Students will compare and contrast the weapons used during the earlier historical periods and present day

Standard 2 Analyzing Influences22M Analyze techniques that are used to pressure someone to engage in or be a target of violent behavior

bull Language Arts Students will analyze the comprehension skill of propaganda as they analyze how media influences violence through commercials music movies television

Standards

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wwwmedia-awarenesscaenglishparentsmoviesconcernsviolence_moviescfm

Bibliography

bull httpwwwpsychologyiastateedufacultycaaabstracts2000-200403ACEpdf

bull httpwwwpsychologicalscienceorgpdfpspipspi43pdfbull http

wwwhsphharvardedunewspress-releasesarchives2000-releasespress05232000html

bull httpallpsychcomjournalviolentmediahtmlbull http

wwwmedia-awarenesscaenglishparentsmoviesconcernsviolence_moviescfm

Bibliography