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“Violence as Fun”
In “Violence as Fun” Randall Sullivan argues that the quality of onscreen violence, “the way it’s at once glamorized and trivialized”, encourages violent behavior in young people. Sullivan gives specific examples from: “The Violence and Youth Report”, the four steps of military conditioning, the way violence is glamorized and trivialized, and by reporters not wanting to talk to him. I agree that the quality of onscreen violence encourages violent behavior in young people.
The American Psychological Association identifies four contributing factors that propel juveniles towards violence; early involvement with drugs and alcohol; easy access to weapons, especially handguns; association with anti-social and deviant peer groups; and persuasive exposure to violence in the media. ... He stated that the military increased the capacity by which American soldiers would actually kill the enemy by instituting a four step conditioning process; First the recruits were “traumatized and brutalized”, then they were told “we live in a violent world and the only way to adapt is to become violent”, second, soldiers were taught to laugh and cheer in response to violence, third the military changed its bulls eye targets to human silhouettes, fourth recruits were given warrior role models that convinced them that killing was a noble act.
Approximate Word count = 616
Approximate Pages = 2.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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