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 approximately the world. Media does contribute to violence 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 mildew 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 slightly 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 barbarian lyrics promote 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 believing that it is ok to disrespect women and have an aggressive behavi our as well. If a teenager is constantly preoccupied with music like this, that has destructive themes, at that place c...