Effects of Media Violence on the Public
I think it is common belief to say violence on television is very impressionable on its young viewers. ... Extended amounts of graphic violence on TV is now worried of the desensitization of the public from actual violence to other people, which many believe causes some to be more violent themselves (“Media Violence” 3-4). ... I think it can be somewhat helpful in preparing people to deal with the sometimes harshness of reality; where we see violence and it is not so shocking and disturbing as to scar us psychologically. ... On the other hand, television violence could so desensitize someone as for that person to lose their grip on the reality of violence, such that they see this over-the-top action on screen and there seems to be no consequences for that action, whatever it may be. Therefore, they may feel to act as they please because they do not see violence as such a bad option.