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Some people believe that violence on television and in computer games has a
damaging effect on the society, Others deny that these factors have any
significant influence on people's behaviour. What is your opinion?
Write at least 250 words
These days, the amount of violence in media is growing. Basically, some
people argue that this trend will undoubtedly lead humans to dangerous
future, others claim that it has no damaging effect on the society though.
However, I believe that in most cases media violence doesn't affect
people's behavior.
On the whole I think that people act from their motives, regardless of what
they see on the television. I mean that If someone intends to do harm to
somebody, that is not because of watching TV or playing computer games,
but the person's character and education. As far as violent media
accustoms viewers to cruelty is concerned, I doubt this opinion due to the
fact that reasonable and intelligent people treat others humanely
irrespective of what they see or hear in fictional stories.
In fact, video games and television may even reduce social violence by
providing a safe outlet for aggressiveness, in other words truculent people
may fight in virtual reality instead of evincing their combative spirit in real
world. All in all, this may not only help those people, but also reduce the
level of social violence in long-term perspective.
In spite of the fact that there are many claims and assumptions about
negative effects of television and computer games, at least I have never
seen any proven connection between violent media and illegal activities in
social life.
Therefore, I would say that violence in contemporary media has no
substantial influence on people's behavior. Besides, television and
computers are not the main factors that shape personal character, and in
any case, they can even be useful in reducing the level of violence.
