11. MASS MEDIA AND VIOLENCE ǴCPɤO
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1. Do the media merely mirror the real violence in society?  Or do they cause it or contribute to it?
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2. Is violence in the society the media's fault?
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3. Some insist that media violence is harmless entertainment, escapist fare or cathartic diversion, or that people have a "taste for violence".
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4. Others, desenitized by hundreds of thousands of acts of violence they have seen on TV, deny the problem.
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5. Some studies have suggested there is a causal relationship between violence in entertainment and violent behaviors, and others have concluded that there is no association or whatsoever.
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6. The effects from on-screen violence can be both short or long term.
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7. Socialisation is perceived to be the process a child undergoes in acquiring the values, norms, customs, attitudes and behaviours valid in a certain society to become a full member of it.
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8. Portrayals of violence in the mass media and their possible negative effects have become the subject of worldwide intensive public discussion.
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9. Watching TV violence can be harmful to the mental health of children.
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10. Children who show a preference for viewing "action and fighting shows" report higher levels of violent behaviors.
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11. Children model behavior they see in the media.
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12. Adult videos serve as textbooks for rape.
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13. As with other forms of violence on television, there is concern that the reporting of suicides, homicides, and violent and criminal events on the news, will result in imitation or "copy cat" action by some individuals.
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14. News industry has no ethical guidelines for airing violent images.
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15. Many computer games contain some level of violence, often requiring the player to fight other characters in some sort of battles, injuring or killing them in order to proceed to the next level of the game.
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16. Internet pornography can now be blocked through filtering systems.  Not all systems work, so children may still be exposed to it.
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17. Many psychologists agree that the more violence viewed, the more accepting children are of violence, the more it desensitizes them, the more likely they are to become violent.
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18. Long term, we get "used to it".  Numbness and cynicism replace fear, terror and revulsion.
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19. They may even accept violence as the only way to resolve conflict which makes them more likely to behave in aggressive and harmful ways towards others.
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20. What can be done?  Lower the dose of news violence.
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21. We should educate broadcasters about their power for harm and have the industry develop ethical standards for dealing with potentially hazardous material.
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22. We can require warning labels directly on television broadcasts during prime time, explaining and alerting viewers to harmful TV effects.
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23. Public health campaigns, directed particularly to parents, are necessary in order to inform people of the detrimental impact television and video violence can have, especially on children.
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24. Teach children to differentiate clearly between fiction and real life.
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25. Teach children not to bully others and make sure that they do not get examples of violence at home or at school.
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26. If they don't see the consequences of violence, it will teach them that violence doesn't cause serious harm.
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GLOSSARY - MASS MEDIA AND VIOLENCE

escapist fare kײ{ꪺk

cathartic diversion bƮT

desensitize ¤

socialization |

action and fighting shows ʧ@M`

imitation / copy cat ҥ

ethical guidelines Dw

pornography ⱡ

cynicism @U

resolve conflict ƸѽĬ

prime time ɬq

detrimental impact tvT
