Darren's+Research+Paper+abstract

The purpose of my research paper was to prove that more censors and stricter ratings should be put on violent material for many reasons. The thesis statement was as follows: Over the years there has been much conflict about whether violent material in the media should be allowed to be viewed by the youth. Sometimes this viewing could be harmful to people other than just the person watching. Violence in the media should have censors and not be viewed by youth under a certain age because emotions of children can be affected, they could mimic violent actions, and the school aspect of their lives could take a drastic turn. In this research paper I found it necessary to talk about the psychological effects violent material could have on children at a young age. In my research I found that when children view this type of material they begin to have hostile thoughts. This leads to performing actions of high risk and eventually disregarding all morals and laws in society. These ideas lead me to my next evidence of harmful effects on children. In this project it was shown that as children spend countless hours watching and engaging in violent media they begin to mimic actions that they see. A few examples were given where children who watched violent actions though television or video games brought guns or different weapons to school and harmed classmates. Lastly in my report I showed the effect that were had on schooling, and how grades and test scores dropped as a result of long viewing of violent material. As children watched this violent material they began to be engaged in other activities that were not in line with future schooling. This takes the education and schooling aspect of these children’s lives out of the picture. As a conclusion it was said that censors and stricter ratings should be put on this violent material so children could not have such easy access to it. Also, that these rating and censors should be enforced to a stronger degree to prevent excessive viewing.