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On Screen Violence: Name: Asfa Fatima

The document discusses the effects of screen violence on children and ways to deal with it. It outlines six types of screen violence that are more likely to influence children: violence that is rewarded, realistic, glorifies role models, is portrayed as justified, children can relate to, and excessive amounts. Viewing screen violence can desensitize children to real violence, make them more fearful, and increase aggressive behavior. To help mitigate these effects, the document recommends reducing screen violence exposure, teaching alternative conflict resolution, and being more attentive to what children are viewing.

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On Screen Violence: Name: Asfa Fatima

The document discusses the effects of screen violence on children and ways to deal with it. It outlines six types of screen violence that are more likely to influence children: violence that is rewarded, realistic, glorifies role models, is portrayed as justified, children can relate to, and excessive amounts. Viewing screen violence can desensitize children to real violence, make them more fearful, and increase aggressive behavior. To help mitigate these effects, the document recommends reducing screen violence exposure, teaching alternative conflict resolution, and being more attentive to what children are viewing.

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On Screen Violence

Name: Asfa Fatima


• Violence in screen entertainment media (ie, television, film,
video games, and the Internet), defined as depictions of
characters (or players) trying to physically harm other
characters (or players), is ubiquitous.
• It is learned through observational learning and modeling.
• Eg:Call of duty, auto grand theft, pubg,action
movies,news,social media sites and clips.
Six Kinds of Screen Violence - And How Children Respond

• Reward for Violence


If a violent act is rewarded or left unpunished, it is more likely to foster
attitudes supportive of aggression. The lack of punishment actually
functions as a sanction or a reward for violent behavior. (movies)
• Reality of Violence
The more a violent act is realistically portrayed, the more likely it is to be
imitated. Older children are more emotionally responsive to programs
that depict realistic events and are influenced more by violent movies
that feature events that are humanly possible. (virtual, kidnapping )
• Violent Role Models
Children are more likely to imitate and look up to characters whose use
of violence is portrayed as necessary or attractive. Moreover, children
who strongly identify with a violent media character are more likely to
be aggressive themselves. (kabir singh, khaani)
• Justified Violence
The more an act of violence is presented as justified, the more likely it is
to be copied. Young children are more apt to hurt than to help a peer
after watching a cartoon with scenes of justified violence. (suicide squad)
• Violent Connections
Viewers who find similarity between themselves and their actions and
feelings and a violent act, theme or character in a film are more likely to
imitate or emulate that violence in real life. This is particularly true of
children. ( 13 reasons why)
• Amount of Violence
Excessive exposure to media violence may produce a psychological
blunting of normal emotional responses to violent events. It may also
lead to a lack of responsiveness to real-life aggression.
Effects of seeing violence on
television:
 
• Children may become less sensitive to the
pain and suffering of others.
• Children may be more fearful of the world
around them.
• Children may be more likely to behave in
aggressive or harmful ways toward others.
How to deal with media violence

• Reduce exposure to media violence. ...


• Change the impact of violent images that are seen.
• Locate and explore alternatives to media that solve conflicts
with violence. ...
• Parents should be more attentive towards their child activity.
• Teach conflict resolution: Teach kids how to use their words
responsibly to stand up for themselves -- and others --
without throwing a punch.
• Get involved in the national debate over media violence.
THE END

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