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This 11 page paper looks at Representative Mark Foley as head of the task force and their role in the quelling of violence in society. One case, used as an example, is the killing of a Florida teacher by a thirteen year old honor student. Violence and its relationship to media is examined in depth.
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were used to school shootings and it was a post-Columbine hit. Still, people should wonder why such a horrendous thing is so acceptable today. Why do people accept violence in
the classroom and see the implementation of metal detectors as par for the course in the typical American High School. In decades past, the worst that would happen would be
for someone to threaten another with a knife or to pass around LSD tabs. But today, the worst that can happen all too often does and these are not scenarios
equated with bumps and bruises but rather horrendous acts of violence, more reminiscent of the Tate-LaBianca killings of the sixties than a school yard brawl. Things have changed. Many blame
the media and this is done not to take away the notion of parental responsibility but rather to try to find out why kids are different today. Additionally, studies have
been done which explain that repeated exposure to television violence is a major factor in the gradual desensitization of individuals to such acts (Cline, Croft, and Courrier cited in
Hough, 1997). It has further been argued that such desensitization may weaken some peoples psychological restraints on their own violent behavior; in other words, the ordinary guilt, fear of retaliation
or social disapproval, is not as great due to desensitization (Doob & Wood cited in Hough, 1997). Other studies have noted the effects of quantity, saying that
children who watch a lot of television generally do show more aggression, restlessness, and a belief in a "scary world" (Singer, Singer, & Rapacynski cited in Hough , 1997).
This last finding makes a great deal of sense as most programming does contain conflict and stimulating situations that may contain a great deal of frightening elements. Children see things
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