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Thesis:
Some would say that violence is not caused by watching it on television however,
it does have an impact on the way society responds to violence and it increases the
amount of aggression a person has after watching it on television.
I. Violence is supposedly not caused by watching it on television.
A. Aggression is increased according to studies, (insert quote here), after
watching violence on television.
B. “Researchers, they say, have found modest evidence that media consumption
contributes to the problem of obesity, modest to strong evidence that it contributes
to drinking and smoking, and strong evidence that it contributes to violence,”
(Escobar-Chaves, Anderson 2007).
II. News coverage desensitizes watchers to violence.
A. News coverage of violent events has become common place in today’s society.
B. The constant influx of graphic images causes one to become immune to
violence and see it as something that is normal and natural and cause little to no
repercussion to displays of violence that would have been unacceptable fifty years ago.
III. The media uses deception to flavor the incoming images to create a desired response
in their audience.
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A. When the images flash across the screen, we do not realize that those images
are not truth but fabrications used to create a desired emotion.
B. New productions have done this for a long time to cause their viewers to
sympathize with them.
1. According to Beaudoin in his article Culture, Race, and Difference
Through a Media Lens, the media shows violence and suffering as a way to control its
audience through misrepresentation and gains power in doing so (2008).
2. The media often casts a differ rent light on things to suit their needs,
like, “In 2007, […] , when the news media effectively cast these marchers as agents of
violence, the peaceful nature and message of the demonstrators was lost on the nation”
(Ana, 2009).
Where did you place the most effective arguments in your paper? Explain your
reasoning. How did you address counterarguments without weakening your own
premise?
My most effective arguments lie in documented studies showing that the media
not only controls what we watch but uses it to create a response in its viewers specifically
to create sympathy and raise their own ratings because of it. This takes away from the
credibility of the argument that the violence in the media is based in true accounts that we
need to know. Also I address the fact that the media is desensitizing us to violence by the
constant streaming of violent images into our brain. I document the studies to prove my
basis. I addressed the arguments from a standpoint that there are scientific studies to back
up my argument.
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References
Ana, O. (2009, January). Framing Peace as Violence: TV Coverage of L.A.'s May Day
2007. NACLA Report on the Americas, 42(1), 52-55. Retrieved February 25,
2009, from MasterFILE Premier Database.
Beaudoin, B. (2008, November). Culture, Race, and Difference through a Media Lens.
International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities & Nations,
8(5), 145-152. Retrieved February 25, 2009, from SocINDEX with Full Text
database.
Escobar-Chaves, S., & Anderson, C. (2008, March). Media and risky behaviors. Future
of Children, 18(1), 147-180. Retrieved February 25, 2009, from CINAHL Plus
with Full Text database.
Glascock, J. (2008, June). Direct and Indirect Aggression on Prime-Time Network
Television. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 52(2), 268-281.
Retrieved February 25, 2009.
Scharrer, E. (2008, Summer2008). Media exposure and sensitivity to violence in news
reports: Evidence of desensitization?. Journalism & Mass Communication
Quarterly, 85(2), 291-310. Retrieved February 25, 2009, from Business Source
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