Directors like Quentin Tarantino and Eli
Roth have made themselves known because of the brutal and disturbing movies
that they create. Kill Bill, Hostel and Pulp Fiction are amongst a few of these
directors’ films and are known by most people as exceptionally violent. With
these movies readily available to a lot people, we can see how they act similarly to video games.
One thing that can temporarily stop these
movies being seen is the rating system, which puts a small halt on under aged
people viewing them. That is until children’s parents begin to rent their
children movies that the children want to see. Now although ratings prevent people from
seeing movies in the cinemas when they are first released, it becomes void
when they are released on DVD or on iTunes. This is because people have got themselves fake
ID’s or as mentioned before, parents come into play. Harris (1999) states that "Exposure to the gratuitously violent film also produced violence without provocation by the experimenter." This quote is taken from an experiment at Virginia Tech University. The whole experiment can be found here.
“Laboratory experiments in psychology find
that media violence increases aggression in the short run.” (Dahl, DellaVigna,
2009). Further information can be found here. Also, “movie attendance appears to reduce alcohol consumption.” (Dahl,
DellaVigna, 2009). This is interesting because we can see that alcohol is not a
main reason that affects movie violence on people. In my opinion, movie violence does have an
impact on people, especially young people, as it can be a major influence on
their lives. This is because of their young minds still being molded and
shaped.
Bendaimmortal (2012) states "Common sense should tell you not to let your little kid watch just any shut they want and as much as they want because children are usually incapable of comprehending the deeper meanings." The rest of the blog entry further talks about this matter.
Bendaimmortal (2012) states "Common sense should tell you not to let your little kid watch just any shut they want and as much as they want because children are usually incapable of comprehending the deeper meanings." The rest of the blog entry further talks about this matter.
I think you have come up with some great ideas and you are producing a blog that I am genuinely interested in following because of this. Obviously you have made a lot of great points about children and their access to violent movies etc. Yes the rating system can stop underage people from viewing violent movies whilst they are showing at the cinema but when they are released onto DVD or available for rent I think it is up to the parents to decide whether they want to expose their children to such things. At the end of the day parents ultimately know their children and their responses. They are also responsible for ensuring their kids know the difference between right and wrong. I like that you have posted evidence to support your claims, however you have published a significant amount of your blog and are still yet to produce any hyper-links. Instead of producing in text references in your blog it could be useful to somehow turn this into a hyper-link directly to the evidence and then produce a reference list separately in one final post before the submissions date.
ReplyDeletePatrick this is great! You have covered a lot of points here yet the post is very cohesive. I think that the imagery is really effective. I agree with your opinion that movie/ video game violence does have an effect on people. It is an interesting point that perhaps violent video games/ movies are more influential to viewers at a younger age. I think that the link that you included is a great way to validate what you are saying. Thank-you for this insightful post.
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