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... Introduction
Good morning fellow concerned parents
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to address you, regarding the crucial subject of Media and violence. I understand that one of the reasons for my speech today is that some, if not all, of you are concerned that our children are acting out the violence that they see on screen.
As a parent our role to our children is to teach them the morals they will need to reach adulthood and to succeed in life. Does violence on television negate the effects of our moral teachings to our children? ... 1 Moral Panic
There is a term for the concern that we feel as parents towards our children and the exposure to television violence. ...
What this means for us as parents is, that we are the members of a given society and we feel that television violence poses a threat to society, through our children.
I think that I should point out that from time to time in our history there has been an outbreak of Moral Panic, because of the portrayal of excessive violence in the media, especially television violence, and the possible harmful effects of it
1. ... I will be covering very broadly, issues regarding media violence in relation to social, cultural, political and economical factors. ... Theoretical perspectives regarding the relationship between media violence. ... The variables that should be considered when investigating the negative effects that television violence has on children
(e. ... Structural analysis of a DragonBall Z cartoon and real life interviews with two primary school children
4. Interventions for curbing the effects of television violence
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Each perspective is founded on certain merits and we may, or may not, conclude that we cannot always blame the media, and especially television, for the ills of society, such as the escalation of violence in South Africa. ... 1 Inoculation theory
If you have seen 25000 fictional murders, rapes and other forms of violence before the age of 18 will you be desensitized by it? ...
Inoculation theory is based on the premise that continuous exposure to fictional violence decreases the viewers’ sensitivity to violence in real life. ... 2 The cultivation perspective
The cultivation perspective on the other hand asks the questions
If you have seen 25000 fictional murders, rapes and other forms of violence before the age of 18 will you fear it?
The cultivation perspective is based on the premise that increased exposure to media violence breeds fear and that individuals begin to think that the outside world is a dangerous place to live in. ...
Conradie et al (1987) came to the conclusion that television violence did make pupils more aggressive specifically their verbal and physical aggression.
Approximate Word count = 2174
Approximate Pages = 8.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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