Media

  TV as a Factor of Violence

     According to bussinessdictionary media are “communication channels through which news, entertainment, education, data, or promotional messages are disseminated. Media includes every broadcasting and narrow-casting medium such as newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, billboards, direct mail, telephone, fax, and internet. Media is the plural of medium and can take a plural or singular verb, depending on the sense intended.” In other words, it’s everywhere. We depend on it so much that we can say its part of our culture. Therefore, it has a big influence on us, which can possible numb a person's view of violence.

     Violence according to merriamwebster, "the use of physical force to harm someone, to damage property, etc." In other words, media can influence us to point that we see this physical force to harm other as something more normal than it should be.  For example, a person watched a lot of violence through the TV and in it saw a person that punched someone, because that person calls him/her names once. In consequence, this person might think violence use like that it’s enough reason to use it. Also, it can influence us in our vocabulary with swear words. Consequently, using such vocabulary will be normal, because it seems so often through the TV. In conclusion, TV can be a factor, but probably not the main cause of violence we see in our world.  

Reference:

“communication” BusinessDictionary.com. Business Dictionary, 2014 Web. 19 October 2014.

“violence” Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, 2014. Web. 19 October 2014.