Does exposure to media violence increase an individuals...

Does exposure to media violence increase an individuals likelihood of engaging in violent behaviour? Media has dramatically changed over time from black white to coloured screens, from newspaper to having information on fingertips. Media has also become more violet in comparison to what it was over the past generations, as now video games and movies are action packed. The studies conducted by research scientist show various results from harmful to neutral effects of media, all these studies were children and teenage based it was not highly focused on adults. Rowell and Laramine (2006) proved that violet media does lead to children having violet behaviour; USA is a great example as Americans spend three to four hours on television and†¦show more content†¦The media violence effects can affect children in a large basic, as they are in the process of growing and they violet exposure can lead to lasting consequences. This also could be due to the fact that men are more aggressive than women overall but this could have lead to the research being a biased. The sex differences could also have arisen from charters in viedo game being males (Bartholow Anderson 2002). Longitudinal study was conducted on teenage couples and this also proved that males had a much aggressive behaviour and 65% devoted time to media (Friedlander, Connolly, Pepler Craig 2013) However when violet video games where played cooperatively aggression levels on participants were low. In an experiment participants where asked to play violet video games in different scenario. The first was wher the participant had to individually play and beat the score and second where team work was requied to be aget a high score. The showed that playing cooperatively together decreases you aggression level and your attached to the violet content. Cooperative exposure to violet content will not result in violent behaviour and playing the same content together will result in violent behaviour, but will get you team building skills ( Eno et al 2012). There are five major areas which have effects due to media violence, behavioural, cognitive, emotional, physical and attitudinal (Douglas, Muniba Craig 2007). AShow MoreRelatedThe Effects Of Television Violence On Today s Society1518 Words   |  7 Pages Aside from video games, there is a multitude of media that today’s yo uth is exposed to every day. Such media includes social media websites such as Twitter and Instagram, movies, television, and news broadcasting programs. Television, however, plays arguably the largest role in influencing adolescents in today’s society. 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