The Influence Of The Media.
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| John St. John Shotgun Sinner  Age: 31 Gender: Male Posts: 7145 | This includes T.V Shows, Video games, movies, news papers ect. Do you believe this? Do you think that age restrictions on video games and movies are needed? How much of an influence does the media have on the people around us? Can the media influence a persons decision? I hope you get the idea. Lock if necessary, even though i did try search. |
| Girl Anachronism Thinking Happy Thoughts  Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 509 | Do you believe this? Not exactly. I know one kid who plays murderous killing games constantly at his house and he is possibly the sweetest kid I know. Sure, he's anti-social but he is the only person I know that opens the door for almost any girl says please and thank you all the time etc. Sure, its one person, but in order for someone to go out and recreate stunts they've seen on TV they'd already would of had to have something wrong with them in the first place. Do you think that age restrictions on video games and movies are needed? Yes, I do think there should be more, or at least that parents should be paying more attention to the age restrictions on video games and movies. Sit on my bus for even a minute and you will hear this 8 year old explain how to play Grand Theft Auto in extreme detail and like, one million other games. Oddly enough, those are usually the kids that think guns and shooting people and war is cool (but not always). I don't think video games are exactly the problem, but I think parents letting their really little kids play games that include tons of blood guts and shooting does have an effect in some ways, but then I don't exactly think that an 8 year old, or anyone for that matter should be playing video games or watching TV 24/7. How much of an influence does the media have on the people around us? It has a ton of influence. It determines a lot of what we know about the world or what we don't know. It can tell you what to think about certain issues and try their best to persuade you into believing something. It can blab for 4 hours in extreme detail about Paris Hilton and Britney Spears mumbo-jumbo news that isn't important to the people of America at all when they could be covering something WAY more important, the media, in a way, controls what what a lot of us know, and what we don't know (that is if you don't go surfing about for your own news and just listen to the news being told to you on the TV). It controls a lot. (and I wish I could type more but I get the feeling this is a long enough rant). |
| Thug Life. Bleeding on the Floor  Age: 33 Gender: Male Posts: 1315 | I dont think all kids are this way. I think alot of people are just straight up ignorant |
| Faye Merci Salute You in Your Grave  Age: - Gender: - Posts: 4473 | First off, I'd like to address what I'd call pointless media, or media associated with pop culture and hollywood: Do you believe this? Well, yes, to some extent. I mean, let's not be stupid. If a kid has never seen jackass, he's probably not going to get the same ideas the jackass crew did. However, does that mean if he does see jackass, it's the t.v show's fault he chose to act out the stunts? Of course not. That fault goes to his parents and himself. If he had been better educated about "DO NOT ATTEMPT AT HOME" or if he had paid attention to the warnings at the beginning of the show, he would have known he was not intended to do such things. It's up to him, not the show. It's a free country, and they can do what they want. So can the kid. But what he cannot do is blame his actions on another person. Sure, they might have given him the idea. But it was poor judgement on his part that caused an accident. I fail to feel sympathy for the idiot who thought he could set fireworks off out of his ass like the people on t.v. Do you think that age restrictions on video games and movies are needed? I do think video game restrictions are needed, because they're so involved that they tend to influence lives more than movies. but not exactly to the level they're at now. I don't think an adult is needed to buy a rated A game. If a teenager knows he's mature enough to play it, then I think he can get it. It's to the discretion of the video game seller to determine if someone is old enough for a game, but I think it would be pretty obvious that you shouldn't give a five-year old grand theft auto. However, I think movie restrictions for movies are stupid. It's a fucked system. Extreme violence? Pg-13. One naked tit? Rated R. I mean, how stupid is that? I think it's only slightly less stupid than when we started censoring music. How much of an influence does the media have on the people around us? answered below... Secondly, I'd like to address the amount of media coverage on politics and news: (While it was not spoonfed in the first post, I do think it's rather relevant) I think people hardly realize how much of an influence the media has on them. Everything you see and read today will have some subtle advertising in it, something to twist and pull on your emotions so that you feel a certain way beneficial to who controls that piece of media. Don't believe me? I encourage you to test it out. Look through certain articles. Look at the words used to describe people. Research who wrote the article. Why did you end up hating a certain politician by the end of that article? Probably because the words describing him/her were words like "megalomaniac", "fool-hardy", "eager", "powerful", "devious", and "shady". And the journalist who wrote it who was supposed to be neutral? Turns out they're a known protester against the politician. This is just a little example. If a government can stovepipe information away from an entire nation for it's better uses, how can you believe that government media has your best interests at heart? They have their own interests at heart. And it's not like the t.v. is a great place to go for unbiased information either. If it's on the television, it's been edited over and over and once over again. It's not the truth and it's not candid. I'm not saying you have to ignore all info, however, I'm just saying you have to choose where you get your media and news from. Your sphere of influence is made up of all the things you see and hear in your life. It affects your opinions and your point of view. What you can do is control what other points of view contribute to it. If you listen to fox news, you need to understand that you're hearing a lot of conservative-aimed news and a good portion of liberal news will be withheld from you. Likewise, if you listen to NPR or watch MSNBC you're being exposed to much more liberal news, and conservative life and media are withheld from you. While it may seem great to escape the opposing side, you owe it to the world to try and have an even opinion. If you've taken steps to better understand your enemy or opposition, then there's a better chance of you working together. But to do that, you've got to play around media a bit. So what are your views on political media? Wow, sorry for such a long rant. I'd advice anyone interested in media influence to read a book called 'Slick'. Story aside, it's a very interesting look into how we're manipulated daily. |
| Mindfuck Always Born a Crime  Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 5614 | Faye Merci: What kind of articles are you talking about here? Because, for example, there is a vast different between investigative articles and opinion articles. Obviously, investigative articles are supposed to be somewhat "neutral" because their purpose is to inform readers, to give them unbiased information, and perhaps a relatively unedited interview etc. However, opinion articles are a different matter. Their purpose is to inform the reader of the journalist's opinion - regardless of their political standing. If they are an opinion writer, they don't need to be neutral. |
| Faye Merci Salute You in Your Grave Age: - Gender: - Posts: 4473 | Mindfuck: I suppose I meant your everyday general newspaper articles that many people can access. |
| John St. John Shotgun Sinner Age: 31 Gender: Male Posts: 7145 | I've edited my top post to sort of make it broader.. |
| Depereo Killjoy  Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 10 | I don't think playing violent video games, for example, influence people to go out and recreate it. Not independently, anyway. The person would have to have underlying issues to begin with. This is just my opinion though, feel free to correct me. xoxo |
| HEY AMY Salute You in Your Grave  Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 3503 | ^ I don't agree that it influences them really. And I agree that there would be underlying issues, but I do think that a lot of kid's get their ideas from video games, tv, movies and ever music. |
| Ghostgirl191 Jazz Hands  Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 288 | AmyPoptart: i agree that kids,people in general get ideas from video games, etc. and i think its more than clear that the media has great influence on people. the tabloids are great examples, all the adds feture picture-perfect men and woman, never a "real" person, which influences girls to go on dangerous diets, and i think it can cause guys to use steriods to bulk up quick to look like the men in the magizines, and thats just one of many examples. the media can influence people in so many ways that some of them completely change (it happened to one of my friends, she became obsessed with gossip, looks, hot guys, make-up, being a size 2, and thats not who she used to be) I think the media needs to think a little bit more of what kind of messages they're sending |
| Tallulah Admin  Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 16777215 | Just to throw this in, to try and further the discussion. If the media has no real effect on people, why do companies spend millions upon millions advertising in tv/film/newspapers? |
| John St. John Shotgun Sinner Age: 31 Gender: Male Posts: 7145 | The Columbine Massacre. Is one of the incidents that were thought to be influenced by violent video games/films. |
| Go fuck yourself Devil's Got Your Number  Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 37823 | theres a reason movies have ratings, you should know what to expect/ same thing with video games, but like my one friend, her parents took her to see American Pie when she was little and it somewhat fucked her up. I mean you have to be smart on what you le your choldren watch |
| Eight Bitter Years. Killjoy  Age: 28 Gender: Male Posts: 48 | I totaly dont agree. maybe some idiot will want to drive a car off a bridge beacause of gta.. but nobody in thier right mind. it depends on the person i guess |
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