Pitch, Complaint, and Context

Violence exposure in real-life, video games, television, movies, and the Internet: is there desensitization?

Note: The rate of crimes of violence in US has dropped about 15 percent, but self-reported violent offending by American children has not declined. Large exposure of violence has impacted children and their identity, establishing the acceptance of violence in children’s mind. A thorough study has shown the negative impact of media exposure of violence, altering the empathy and attitude toward violence.

Pitch: Violence presented in media, especially video games and movies, desensitizes-which means reduction of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responses to stimulus-children’s attitude and empathy toward violence, which allows increased aggression.

Complaint: This article is reacting to the negative impact that children are receiving from the media’s exposure of violent stimulus; children are desensitized by the exposure of violence from media.

Context: From the point where TV became major influence in children’s life.