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Violence and Media: An Intricate Dance

Explore the correlation between violence in media and its impacts on society, history, and culture. Delve into the complex relationship between violent imagery and its portrayal in films, literature, and art. Discover how violence has shaped our collective mythology and societal norms, and examine the implications for mental health studies. Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on the nuanced interplay between media, violence, and human behavior.

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Violence and Media: An Intricate Dance

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  1. VIOLENCE AND MEDIA An Intricate Dance DENNIS AIG, MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY BOZEMAN PUBLIC LIBRARY OCTOBER 24, 2013

  2. Mental Health Studies • Correlation – Not Necessarily Causation or “Trigger” • Makes Intuitive Sense and Supported by Research • Recent New York Times Article Summary

  3. Problem • Isolates media from history, culture, art, literature, politics, economics, and history • Freedom of Expression • Blame Society? Doesn’t work either although can’t be ignored

  4. History as Justification and Often Glorification of Violence • Old Testament • New Testament • Greece, Rome • Middle Ages, Sun Tzu • Renaissance • 17th-19th Centuries – Revolutions • 20th Century – Century of Slaughter • 21st Century – Wars of Terror and Uprising

  5. U.S. Violence as Means to “Good” Ends - Affects Heroic Images • Country born of revolution – West was “won” • Generations defined by wars –Our Mythology • Protection of Fragile Freedom by Violence in becomes “right”

  6. Violence as Upward Mobility • Outlaw Mystique • Gangs – Of all Ethnic Groups. American way of crime

  7. Media • From earliest films, attracted to violence • Violence is “cinematic” – action, dramatic tension, often an explosive climax, and then a major resolution • Drew on other arts • Violence since the Greeks • Shakespeare, Ibsen

  8. Heroes • Often People of Justified Violence

  9. Expendable Extras • “Collateral damage” of action who are essentially mowed down without provoking feeling from the audience • Cry for ET, but do we cry for the Stars Wars Extra #68?

  10. Video Games • Many involve “target practice” – desensitizing • Halo • Prince Harry’s Comment about the Taliban

  11. Dramatic Structure of Violence • Harris and Klebold at Columbine • James Holmes and Dark Knight Rises Shooting • Adam Lanza and Sandy Hook • Shootings not just planned but choreographed • Living in the movie of their lives – create their own third acts

  12. Future • Dark Humor – Past, present, and future • May be that some individuals are susceptible to influence from film violence because of mental instability • Part of our national and international culture

  13. Not a Trigger, But a Path • Sublimation but growing acceptance • Could lead to major moral, legal, and cultural changes

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