Media Violence? Media “Whatever You Want”!

Some research shows that violence in media has direct influence to an aggressive action performed by the youths. According to the American Psychological Association (source #1), violence on media may have three major effects to the viewers: 1) children may become less sensitive to pain and suffering of others, 2) children may be more fearful of the world around them, and 3) children may be more likely to behave in aggressive or harmful ways toward others. These effects may be true, but once thing you would notice is that the researc

If censorship is unconstitutional, what should we do in order to prevent children to view or hear violence through media? One solution that the federal government came up with was the Entertainment Systems Rating Board (ESRB). This organization rates the media such as movies, television shows and radios in advance to the viewers so that they would be warned. As Walters state in his interview, I strongly believe that this rating system provides more information for parents who choose to monitor the content of their children's video game consumption. Given the First Amendment values at stake, a rating system is a more appropriate solution than content restrictions. We should all know that government can not be completely responsible of how each child grow up to become an adult; their parents must be the one responsible. Parents have no excuse for their lack of monitoring their children now that the ESRB provides the rating of the media violence. With all these facts, I can strongly agree that censorship of media shall not be allowed; media has their right to expose any sort of violence in form of viewing or listening. If the parents disagree, then they should figure out by now that they are the one who are responsible and it is their choice to prevent their children from viewing or listening to the media. Parents can limit the amount of time children spend watching television, and encourage children to spend their time on sports, hobbies, or with friends; parents and kids can even draw up a list of other enjoyable activities to do instead of watching TV. Parents can encourage their children to watch or listen to programs that demonstrate helping, caring and cooperation. Parents can and they should convince their own children to avoid media violence rather than blaming the industries.

Although I strongly believe that media violence should be allowed, public opinions strongly support the censorship. The National opinion poll took a survey regarding the entertainment media and found out that “the American public believes the entertainment media are too vi

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