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VIOLENCE, SEX, DRUGS, AND -ISMS IN THE MEDIA VIOLENCE, SEX, DRUGS, AND -ISMS IN THE MEDIA One of the hottest topics for those who think about media today is violence.
Submitted by Boomshankar on August 24, 2005
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VIOLENCE, SEX, DRUGS, AND -ISMS IN THE MEDIA
One of the hottest topics for those who think about media today is violence. Is
there too much violence in the media? Is the violence too graphic? Is it too easy
for youngsters to see programs containing violence? Do programs that show
violence stress the consequences of violence enough? Is violence made
glamorous as a way of marketing media products? Are people made violent by
watching violent media? Should there be controls on media violence?
Many of the same questions can be asked about sex and sexual content in the
media. Is there too much? Is it there only to attract viewers? Is it sensationalized?
Is sex too often connected with violence? Does sex in the media influence
viewers' sexual behavior? Does sexual content in the media have an effect on
sexual violence and sexual crime? Should there be controls on sexual content in
the media?
Likewise for illegal drugs. Should drugs and drug-use be portrayed in the
media? Do the media tend to glamorize drug-use? Is drug-use too often
connected with sex and violence in the media? Should there be controls?
On these issues - violence, sex, drug use - there is a general consensus that they
should be called "sensitive", and treated with special attention. Tobacco and
alcohol, legal industries that have succeeded in keeping their products front and
center in the media even when direct advertising is forbidden are still not
generally included in this group as "drugs".
But one other sensitive issue, or group of issues, does not enjoy the same sort of
consensus: the issues of the depiction of gender, race, faith, class and sexual
orientation. Our media are still full of images and messages that women find
demeaning; they are often still racist, (if not toward African Americans, then
towards Arab people,...
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