Graphic violence Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 9 pages of analysis of The Media's Influence on Teen Violence.

Graphic violence Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 9 pages of analysis of The Media's Influence on Teen Violence.
This section contains 2,537 words
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The Media's Influence on Teen Violence

Summary: This is a research paper on how the media of today's society affects the anti-social behavior exhibited in teens and the youth of today.
On April 20, 1999, two students walked into Columbine High School armed with shot guns and explosives. The incident ended in tragic results, as fifteen families will forever set one less plate out at the dinner table. March 24, 1998, an eleven year old and a fourteen year old walked into school with hand guns, killing four and injuring ten classmates (teen-violence.com). Thirty years ago, the biggest problem that kids at school were faced with was forgetting homework or being sent to the principal's office. There are many kids today who may fear that the person sitting next to them in class may have a loaded handgun in their book bag. On average one hundred and thirty five thousand weapons are brought into classrooms across the nation each day, and nine out of ten incidents are not reported (Malcolm 2). Did scenes of a student shooting his classmates in the movie The...

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