murders. The many violent images seen in movies and on television on a daily basis, though not the only

cause, are a strong contributing factor. There are those that feel the point-of-view from which the

audience views the violence varies directly with the way the scene affects them.

A film’s perspective determines the audience’s reaction. In “slasher” films, for example, the

point of view shifts between the attacker and the victim. So the audience feels the terror of the victim

and the lust of the victimizer. If the viewer shares the experience with the victim they feel helplessness,

fear, and also the rage that comes with being attacked. However, when the viewer is allowed to share

the experience of the attacker the perspective is different, they get the sense of power and being in

control. In many sexual assault scenes the camera

focuses on the victim’s face, which puts the viewer in the position of the rapist. What is of concern is

that many Americans want to identify with the powerful attacker. It can be argued whether or not this is

a direct cause of imitative violence but it, with out a

promoting entertainment violence, but will almost never hear the warning that the Surgeon General has

a representation of social domination and subordination and the resistance to that subordination. The

affects such as psychological, financial, and emotional harm are shown. There are programs that show

Popular Culture, 1989) Society is sometimes forced to save individuals from themselves. One analogy

Violence, 1996) Though these cases are fairly rare, they seem to be happening with more frequency.

Some topics in this essay:
Media America, Media Violence, Popular Culture, Media/ Society, Chapel Hill, Chainsaw Massacre, Robert Coles, Department Justice, Dr Radecki, Mental Health, censorship 1985, television violence, tv violence, violence television, negative affects, entertainment violence, researchers agree, television movies, viewers censorship 1985, children predisposed, contributing factor, imitating scene movie, viewing violence 1996,