The use of violence is media is becoming more and more visible in today’s society. We see in our television programming, the movies we watch, the video games we play, and we even hear it in our music lyrics. Children’s programming isn’t even void of this trend. As the death toll and violent situation count ...
What is it about American women that makes us so subject to objectification? What makes it so sexy for us to have no clothes on? Isn’t sexy supposed to be left up to the imagination? Being naked is a natural thing. Why is such forbidden eye candy in this country? Most people from other countries ...
COMMENTARY | During Rihanna’s recent interview with Ryan Seacrest, she said her musical collaboration of “Birthday Cake” with Chris Brown was just “innocent.” No one can forget the altercation between Rihanna and Brown in 2009, with photos of Rihanna’s bruised face, leaked by TMZ, from being attacked. With media involvement, it raised awareness about domestic ...
The debate over the influence of media on the youth continues as it always has since most people could probably remember. From the burning of books, attacks on comic books and pulp fiction, and now television, videogames, and the internet media continues to be a scapegoat for people to blame the delinquency of their children ...
Your children are surrounded by violence. From video games and television to the news itself, bloodshed is everywhere. Many parents and educators fear that violence seen on the media will at the very least desensitize children, and that it may even make children more likely to commit atrocities themselves. Other people claim the violence seen ...
The question about violence in the media and whether or not it influences real violence is a difficult one to answer. From this question arises many others, like what exactly is a good definition of violence, and what amount of violence is suitable for television. There are many opinions on this subject. Most people wouldn’t ...