Do you think violence in the media leads to an increase in violence in society? Why or why not?

Maggie Clinton
March. 1st ,2011
High Intermediate
Natalie


Do you think violence in the media leads to an increase in violence in society? Why or why not?


In my humble opinion, I think violence in the media leads to an increase in violence in society. That is because that people are good at imitating actions. When we see the violent media, for instance, movies, magazines,television programs, we get the impression in our mind. So some people just imitate the actions one day. It is totally terrible. We can see the social news, and find out some crimes did the bad things that because they saw the violent movies, for example, killing people crucially, robbing in the bank.


According to social learning theory, human beings can learn violence just as other actions, using computers, learning English, taking a bus etc. Also, violence influences can be divide to several levels, like baby, child, teenage, adult and so on. And that is why we have movie ratings. You can see this “Rated R: Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian” in front of movie theater.

Therefore, I would say that violent media does influence people’s mind. However, we can not eradicate all of the violent media. That is because violent media comes with good and bad aspects. The good aspect is that when we see it, we also can create some ideas. Maybe we can figure out some unique ideas, and benefit human beings. Violent media can be very exciting , and people just like it. Moreover, they see it as a kind of entertainment, having fun, killing time and so on. In contrast, violent media can be learned by people. What if people do the crazy things after watching it. Also, from time to time, it depends on a person’s personality and individual. Some people may see it just for fun and nothing will happen; however,others may hurt other people.

Generally speaking, I understand that violent media will lead to an increase in violence in society, but I still think that we, human beings should keep going. We do not know what will happen in the next generation. But we should spread violent media more carefully.

By the way, Natalie, thanks for correcting the essay for me in advance. Also, you can visit my English blog, Maggie’s English Paradise, http://thisismaggieftaiwan.blogspot.com/ if you would like. I will appreciate you very much if you like to correct my mistakes and leave some messages that anything you want. And I am very glad that you told that I can write another essay. Please send another one to me when you are available. Finally, would you mind me asking you a question? Could I ask you some questions about English after going back to Taiwan by email? And welcome to Taiwan. If you want to go there, please contact me. I’ll do my best as I can. Take care.

Here is the correction. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RWmcS5qBBktBrMz6Y1LbR_IOyswqtSTEz3un2q03qqQ/edit?hl=en&authkey=CPyQv4YG