Media Violence
In the past 4 years, there has been a significant amount of violence in films, television, music, and on the news. Ever since Columbine High School, there has been a crack down on violence in the media. This has put actors, directors, and artists to censor there own artistic view and also ignore the 1st ammedment, freedom of speech. The question is how far is too far and how can it be stopped? Does the media have that much of an impact on our lives? Are EMINEM's lyrics too vulgar and put you on the verge of commiting an act of violence? By watching movies like SCREAM and THE BASKETBALL DIARIES does that encourage you to go and kill a massive amount of people? Also, what about television, does it have a huge impact on how we view life and also learn values? All these questions I hope to answer for you and give you a better understanding of how the media in fact does effect you and also warning signs outside of the media and what people are doing to try to stop it." Films encourage directors to shoot movies with there artistic appeal. Then why do activists want THE BASKETBALL DIARIES to be returned to Miramax for its graphic scene where Leonardo Di Caprio pulls out a gun and kills
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Approximate Word count = 1878
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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