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A paper which looks critically at Oppenheim's study of media violence, and considers whether the hypothesis which he puts forward is valid in the light of other, more recent research into the impact of TV violence on the public in general, and young people in particular. Annotated bibliography with 5 sources.
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critically at Michael Oppenheims article on media violence, "TV isnt violent enough", it is useful to consider the issue of media violence in its wider context, to establish the perspective
which Oppenheim is taking in relation to other sociological and psychological views on media violence. It is certainly the case, for instance, that the question of violence on television is
not a straightforward or clear-cut one. It might be assumed, for example, that there is a consensus of opinion regarding the effect that media violence has on the audience: there
have been various studies which suggest, for instance, that children in particular are desensitised and traumatised by exposure to media violence.
As Gerbner (2003) points out, children are not born understanding social behaviour, but learn what is acceptable and what is
not from those around them. In a culture where television viewing is an almost all-pervasive part of life, then it is evident that what children see on television will have
some effect on shaping their attitudes, and the way that they behave. Gerbner asserts that television provides certain role models, and that the viewer has a choice as to whether
to conform to these, or to rebel against them. Thoman (2003) makes the point that the American Psychological Associations survey in 1993 found that there were a number of long-term
effects which were found to result from watching violence on television. In the first place, there were instances of desensitisation: in other words, the automatic emotional rejection of the portrayal
of violence is diminished to the extent that it is not considered as important. Violence is, in effect, seen as acceptable. Because of this change in attitude, the desensitised individual
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