In some instances, the media, which includes various means of mass communication such as television, radio, magazines, and newspapers, together with the people involved in their production can proliferate and broaden the reach of violence among youths especially through violence reporting, violent games and the Internet.

Television news places much emphasis on retaining viewers. Depictions of violence lend themselves to this practice with outlets such as Court TV, a cable network, using footage of actual crimes as a source of entertainment. The broadcast industry has surrendered to the entertainment industry and that news in the visual media is valued not for its inherent importance or public service "but for its ability to attract an audience and turn a prof

In a survey conducted by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, it was found that half of the respondents reported that obtaining a handgun would be “little” or “no” trouble if they wanted one. Among those who claimed they had carried a hand gun outside their home in the past 12 months, nearly half (48%) reported that they had been given or lent the gun by a family member or friend and 6% revealed that they had stolen or traded something for the gun. Another 35% said that they had bought the gun, most commonly from a family member or friend(Ferro, 2001). For example, within days of the Columbine tragedy, authorities had learned that three guns used in the massacre were purchased a year before by Delon Klebold’s girlfriend shortly after her 18th birthday. On May 3rd, felony charges were filed against Mark E. Manes, 22, for admittedly selling Eric Harris. The TEC-DC9 semiautomatic handgun used in the shooting (Gibbs, 1999).

The many incidents of gun carnage often invokes the question of how guns are obtained by youths in the first place.

Recent developments in information technology allows children to access computer networks which actively demonstrates methods of violence such as bomb construction and offers them vivid models of sexual violence as well. Since there have been more than a thousand papers published on the effects of violent media on behaviour, there has been a general conclusion that there is a consistent relationship between violent computer games and aggressive behaviour (Healey, 1997).

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