The Media and Violence in our Society Essay -- Violent Gaming Video Ga

Violence has always played a role in the media. It is found everywhere around the world. Media does yield to military force in our society. This essay will prove that media does contribute to violence in our society by examining music, video games and Web Sites. Firstly, one form of violence which influences behaviour in our society is music. This sort of media is a concern to parents who are interested in the development and growth of their children because of the negative and destructive themes of some kinds of music. lets take for example the rap artist Eminem. In his album Marshall Mathers, he talks about murdering his wife, and plans to rape and murder his mother. These violent lyrics move on hatred against women. However, his Marshall Mathers release sold 679 567 copies in Canada in 2000 and was also the years best selling album. These type of music influences teenagers on accept that it is ok to disrespect women and have an aggressive behaviour as well. If a teenager is constantly preoccupied with music like this, that has destructive themes, there c...