Youth Violence 1 Youth Violence A Growing Concern Youth violence is one of the most mentioned and discussed problem in most city and schools around the country. ... Violence among youth, especially in schools, is one of American society's most pressing concerns. It is a source of controversy all over the country because there is no set reason blamed for this change in our youth. ... It affects children and youth at every age" (p.1). ... Many of these children come from Youth Violence 3 homes full of violence. ...

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THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF MUSIC ON YOUTHS Many youths get easily influenced during adolescence. Music is highly influential can create negative impacts on youths. ... Thus, youths imitate these negative acts due to repeated portrayals by the media. ... The media can also be put on blame for this outburst of youth violence. ... Therefore, music does create an impact on youths. ...

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Violent video games are not one hundred percent to blame, but they are one of the places that today's youth gets ideas like these. ... Though these games come with a rating and caution, they are still the most popular among video games played by youth (DeLisi). ... That is why researchers have gone above and beyond to prove how and why these violent video games effect today's youth. ... Could this be used as a point to support the opposition of my argument- that video games aren't harmful to the psyche of today's youth? ... As youth have more malleable personality traits, s...

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The Effects of Violent Video Games on Today's Youth Violence in today's society is getting out of control. ... The violence in video games goes against everything that our forefathers founded this country for and strips away all of the morals we have taught our youth. ... Also, playing violent video games increase aggressive behavior in our youth. ... In conclusion, the increase in violence in video games is contributing to the corruption of society's youth. ... As long as the violent video games continue to be published and distributed to o...

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A large portion of sociological theories comes from statistics collected from the societies or the society that is being studied. This helps make conclusions about changes or patterns so we can get a better idea of how society functions the way it does, what we should change, and how to go about ch...

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Approximately 50% of lesbian and gay youth report experiencing some form of dating violence. Bisexual youth appear to experience higher rates of interpersonal violence than gay and lesbian youth, although the exact reason for this is not fully known. ... The results showed that compared to heterosexual youth, LGBT youth had higher proportions of female (69 percent), transgender (5 percent), and non-White (47 percent) youth. ... Emotional abuse was reported by 59 of LGBT respondents, compared to 46 percent of heterosexual youth. ... In many parts of the country in which LGBT youth programs ar...

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I stand one-hundred percent behind with my position that violence in the media has many horrible effect on our youth and if the media's propaganda does not stop many young innocent people will be victimized.Nevertheless it is up to the parents, teachers, and mentors of all children to help neutralize this situation and bring to light this circumstance so that children actually understand that what they are exposed to at a young age sticks with them and sometimes doesn't allow them to distinguish facts from fiction,real from fake and that heavy casualties can result from copying thing...

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Another group in our society that is targeted unfairly by the media is the youth. ... Negative portrayals of youth can be detrimental for the same reason it is detrimental to minorities. ... If youths being thought of and told they are delinquents or vandals, it can cause them to act out these titles. ... As the media targets minorities and the youth it helps to foster a sense of anxiety and panic in the general public. ... Studies show that youth are also victims of media victimization and over-representation. ...

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In the news there is a growing amount of serious crimes committed by youths who are barely sixteen or seventeen years old. ... The media glamorizes violence and crime to appear acceptable amongst the youth. ... The youth are considerably motivated by what they hear and see in movies, television, the Internet, video games, and music. ... Youth violence is a controversial subject that is arising everywhere in the world. While skeptics argue other risk factors cause youth violence. ...

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Youths often view content that is not intended towards them. ... Most media is targeted towards the most vulnerable part of the population, youths. ... A worshipper of Satan (Manson) influencing the youth of America will no doubt have harmful repercussions. ... Denouncing bad material by parent's or even concerned citizens will help the youth of the nation. ... Harmful media should be censored to protect youth such as record stores not selling explicit music or television targeting harmful products. ...

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Many musical artists have found themselves being praised and identified as role models for the youth. ... The lyrics in this piece spoke explicitly about the dilemmas youth face while making the difficult transition from being immature adolescents into self-aware, independent adults. ... Eminem fervently opposes the scheme of powerful public figures and ignorant parents to keep the youth of America mindless. ... Many misunderstand his philosophy as a master plan to corrupt the youth, when indeed, he is simply doing what most people are afraid to do: speak their mind. The ability of his son...

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"The increasingly realistic and exciting nature of electronic games has helped to make them enormously popular with children and youth. 79% of American children now play computer or video games on a regular basis. ... This has caused a massive cry from parents to put an end to their exposure on our youth. The notion that violent games are the lone culprit behind youth violence is unfair. ... It is also important to not underestimate the youth of today. ... Youth violence is a serious problem and we should try and stop it whenever possible. ...

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For many years, it has been told that violence in media affects the youths therefore it must be censored. ... Some research shows that violence in media has direct influence to an aggressive action performed by the youths. ... These effects may be true, but once thing you would notice is that the research only states that it may affect the youths. ... I strongly believe that youths are not forced to view or hear violence in media; it is completely their own responsibility. ... As you can see, majority of the people in America believe that media violence shall be limited in order prevent youth ...

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Violent video games influence the youth more than elders, which may lead to future violence. ... With all these gruesome video games it is clear that this new wave of video games have a negative effect on the youth. ... A 2010 survey by the Kaiser family foundation found that the youth age 8-18 devote one and a half hour to entertainment media. ...

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Video Game Violence and Children Video game manufacturers have been used as an excuse for violent youth on many occasions. School shootings, the D.C. sniper case, and most other forms of youth violence have also chosen this as a prime cause. ...

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Children and youth mimic behavior that they observe from media, as well as people. ... Youth and children learn violent habits and behaviors through these games, and many real-life mass murders can be linked to excessive play of violent video games. ... If youth recognized appropriate problem solving skills, there would be many less conflicts in schools between peers, and social skills would be improved. ...

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Technology creates tremendous positive goods for today youth, however, given in moderation can be prejudicial in many ways. ... Video games have become the center of attention to the youth, practically it has become part of their daily life, but too much video game is not acceptable. ... In the final analysis, I think these types of games do have a relationship with the crazy behavior around youth. ...

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Violent video games are being played by children all over the world. Do these games contribute to violent behavior in youth? The answer is yes. These games can definitely have an effect on children today. Modern video games target children and teens, revealing suggestive themes that promote aggressi...

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Today movies are part of our youths culture. ... "A Phi Delta Kappa survey of public attitudes toward schools revealed that 72% of the respondents considered the growth of youth gangs a very important cause of violence in the public schools."...

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There is another study which demonstrates the effects of violence on youth. ... "Children who view shows in which violence is very realistic, frequently repeated or left unpunished, are more likely to imitate what they see." (1) The effect of T.V. violence may show immediately in a child's behavior or may become known years later, and youth can be affected even when the family environment doesn't display violence. ...

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Psychologists and Scientist have been trying to figure out what is causing these violent acts among our youths and how to stop it. ... On July 6, 1993 two of the three youths involved in Mr. ... A third youth, Jermaine Russell, 19 was sentence to 20 years to life because he had no previous criminal record. ... This was a sad but not to uncommon fact that's why today, scientist are trying to answer everybody's question about today's youth aggressive nature. What makes them different and how is their lives related to other non aggressive youths. ...

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School violence is a subset of youth violence, a broader public health problem. ... Youth Violence typically includes persons between the ages of 10 and 24, although pathways to youth violence can begin in early childhood ("School violence," 2009).Violent behavior includes bullying, fighting (e.g., punching, slapping, kicking), weapon use, electronic aggression and gang violence. ... When applied to youths, this theory assumes that juvenile delinquency is learned from others during the course of their social interaction. ... Juvenile-justice statistics show that, lacking after-school supervisi...

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Media and Its Effects On Children Sex and violence sell and the media often use these, to an unlimited degree, to seize market share regardless of the damage that may occur to children and adolescent youth. ... It is difficult to censor without crossing the line of free speech, but in an environment where parental guidance is lacking and youth violence is increasing, control must be integrated. ... Authors began writing books about new lifestyles that interested youth. ... However, the challenge for media practitioners, in an era of liberated youth, is to develop artistic models that av...

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PARENTS SHOULD NEVER USE CORPORAL PUNISHMENT ON THEIR CHILDREN The question of how children should be disciplined is very much in the news. It is now against the law in many countries for a teacher to smack a child in school and it is suggested that t...

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The Violent Effects That the Media Has on America's Youth For Americans, watching television has become part of their daily routine. ... Violence in the media is causing a rise in our youth in becoming more violence, children are learning daily through cartoons and even the news broadcast systems that their parents watch, about the violence that can be found on television. ... Television-Free America, a website of television statistics, shows that the "number of violent acts the average American will see on T.V. by age 18 [is] 200,000." also proven by this website is that the "numbe...

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