The effects of media violence on children

THE EFFECTS OF MEDIA VIOLNCE ON CHILDREN On April 20 1999 two boys by the names of Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris walked into their High school in the little town of Colombine Colorado and opened fire on their fellow classmates.Some say it was the parents others say just pure teen adolescence, I say it was the media. In the 1950's Television was first introduced to America, only ten percent of the families owned a one …

…Marilyn Manson" and "Cannibal Corpse" go even further, with lyrics that describe rape and torture, "Cannibal Corpse" has a song called "Orgasm by Torture", and these are best selling albums that send out messages of violence and hate. Violence in the Media needs to be stopped, before it gets so out of control that parents won't be able to tell their children what to do and more and more murders and rapes keep on happening.