I am writing an essay

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Continued from this (http://forums.xgenstudios.com/showthread.php?t=88800) thread.

I have a choice between seven topics and decided to do: do violent television shows desensitize children?

I need some examples of this. I am not asking for anybody to write the whole thing out, I would not do that anyway because that is plagiarism, instead I am asking for possibly links or ideas that may help me write this essay? I was thinking of doing 3-5 strong points and discussing each. From my brainstorming I have come up with a few points.

-If the child is raised in a loving and caring environment he will not lose the sense of shock when watching a violent show, because he/she will understand that the norm is not to shoot someone in the face.

-If a child watches violent programs and at the same time he/she is tought the proper way to act he/she will favor the parents, if they are loving of course, and not get so used to the violence in shows.


I was also thinking of including a point about kids watching violent programs versus kids who don't, and how each one grows up. Basically I want to prove that it does not matter what you watch, perhaps there is a study on this? If so, I cannot find one.

I am still in the begging stages of my essay and any help will be appreciated.

[PhantomTriffle]

It depends on the show and how violent the show is.

[The Fallen One]

Yes, they do desensitize children to violence, but they do not actually provoke violent behavior. And there's nothing wrong with being desensitized to violence, it's actually a good thing in the chaotic dog-eat-dog world of today. And most children should know that just because they see something on TV that it doesn't necessarily make right in real life.

[JoeyG]

Desensitization is not a good thing, although it would make an interesting paper to argue otherwise. However, it does occur even in the context of a loving family. The only way to avoid it is to simply not expose yourself to the #### on TV.

[DarkReality]

What would be really interesting is if you could find tv news report archives from the last 20 years and compare them in 5-year intervalls to show how much violence is shown in th e news.

Your two points are currently opinions. You're going to need a few facts to back this up. Compare movies, special effects, violence on the streets between now and a significant amount of years ago. And then try to find a link to increasing violence in the media.

[The Fallen One]

Hey, when I was a little kid (like 6 and 7 years old) I would watch movies like Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, and my favorite computer games were Duke Nukem 3D, Wolfenstein 3D, and Rise of the Triad. I watched a lot of violent movies and played a lot of violent video games back then, and I still do today, and I would say that I am desensitized to violence, yet I have never actually done anything violent in real life. I've never hit someone, and I've never been in a fight. Violent media does not lead to violent behavior. The major cause of violent behavior are poverty and religion. If we can eliminate both, we can bring an end to violence.

[JoeyG]

Do you care when you see violence on TV or when you hear about serial killers or terrorist attacks?