This media meditation is about the influence of violence in media. The video shows how media in the 60’s and 70’s did not show direct violence. Even series such as spider man were entertaining without showing violence. Today’s programs rely on violence in order to entertain the audience. The problem is that many of these violent shows are targeted at an audience that is not mature enough to understand the difference between television and reality. Over half the programming today has some sort of violence, however most the programs dont show consiqences behind the violence. It goes along the lines of television creating a hyper-reality where the whole story is not shown and the violence is glorified. Kids tend to imitate what they see on television, that’s the danger behind violent programming. As the video states below by the age of eighteen a child will have seen over 200,000 acts of violence. This influences our perception of violence, as it is considered masculine, cool, and acceptable. Really though you cannot do what you see in the movies because its against the law, not to mention wrong. The 2nd video below shows the influence that media could have on a kid if the parent doesn't teach them the difference between TV and reality. Besides controlling what kids watch is so easy with DVR systems that allow parents to choose what kids can watch.
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