Media Violence and Childrens Aggressive

Media Violence and Childrens Aggressive Behavior Escobar-Chaves, S. L. & Anderson, C.A. (2008). Media and Risky Behaviors. The Future of Children 18.1. Because contemporary children have access to electronic media on a daily basis, it is virtually impossible for them not to risk being negatively influenced as a result. This certainly takes its toll from society, considering that young people engage in a series of harmful activities trying to replicate what they see in the media.

The effects are not expected to emerge for a number of years, as "media violence causes an increase in the likelihood of future aggressive and violent behavior" (Escobar-Chaves & Anderson 2008). This article presents violence as being only one of the many damaging effects of the media, given that it also relates to obesity, smoking, and sexual activity among young people as being consequence of the media. Jipguep, M. & Sanders-Phillips, K. (2003). The Context of Violence for Children of Color: Violence in the Community and in the Media.

The Journal of Negro Education 72.4. This article associates children's exposure to violence in the media and claims that children who are part of low-income families are even more susceptible to be influenced by the media. The thesis in the article states that while everyone is likely to be affected by violence in the media, minorities are affected by the issue to a larger degree. Apparently, "children's exposure to media violence is related to increased aggression" (Jipguep & Sanders-Phillips, 2003), as children are psychologically traumatized consequent to being exposed to violence.

This article is also important because it addresses minorities and the fact that children in them are more vulnerable than children who are part of majorities. Potter, W.J. & Smith, S. (2000). The Context of Graphic Portrayals of Television Violence. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. 44.2: 301. Because violence is typically displayed in the media in particular contexts, it is difficult for viewers to filter the information they are offered and they are predisposed to interpret it incorrectly.

This article attempts to identify ways of filtering information in order to determine the exact effects media has on people. Media violence is extremely detrimental for children, as while adults are more capable of distinguishing between real life and scenes they see in the media, children are "especially sensitive to the similarity of depicted characters to real life people" (Potter & Smith 2000).

This source is particularly important for the topic of media violence because it proves how children are vulnerable to every example of violence they witness, even those which are apparently harmless. Sparks G.G. & Sherry, J. & Lubsen, G. (2005). The Appeal of Media Violence in a Full-Length Motion Picture: An Experimental Investigation. Communication Reports 18.1-2.

Violence is mostly present in the media because of its marketing potential, as it appeals to most of the audience, regardless of one's age, ethnic background, or the respective person's ability to understand a certain figure of speech. This article looks into the results of an experiment in which two groups of young people watched the same movie and while one watched the un-edited part (the one including violence), the others watched the edited part (the one where violence was no longer present).

It turned out the movie was equally enjoyable in its edited form. When the author's of this article looked into another study, it was found that "children between the ages.