"Violence- an inescapable reality" question: "Violence brings violence wether it is an experience in real life or on television" Discuss.
Title: "Violence- an inescapable reality" question: "Violence brings violence wether it is an experience in real life or on television" Discuss.
Category: /Social Sciences/Communication Studies
Details: Words: 814 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
"Violence- an inescapable reality" question: "Violence brings violence wether it is an experience in real life or on television" Discuss.
Category: /Social Sciences/Communication Studies
Details: Words: 814 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
According to Sigmund Freud's 'Theory of Psychoanalysis,' humankind has two unconscious drives namely sex and aggression. This just brings to light that man has a natural inclination towards violence (aggression), which can be triggered off by the gruesome reality (which is our lives) and / or the powerful infiltrating mass media. Some may argue that there are such individuals who 'choose' to remain 'upright' (allowing no influences to change their values at all), but, this …showed first 75 words of 814 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 814 total…movie. In this case, Belizeans (as a people) were exposed to the violent, cruel and 'American' gang life on the television, which, in turn created an appeal - an appeal to violence!
In conclusion, there is no difference between the violence on the television or in real life. In fact they compliment each other. Violent neighborhoods and families breed violent offspring just as violent television promotes violent behavior as well as make it seem justified.
