Article Reactions

Prior to reading the four articles, I had a pretty relaxed opinion of violence in media. Sure violence in movies and video games might impact some people in a negative manner, but did seeing the movie “The Dark Night Rises” make the gunman in the Aurora shooting walk into the movie theater and kill innocent people? No. As the second article states, violence in media do not correlate with aggression or actual behavior, instead media violence is associated with arousal and aggressive thoughts. Although I feel as if it is incorrect to blame the entertainment industry on the violence in today’s society, the fourth article caught my attention when LaSalle began discussing movie ratings. LaSalle suggests that movies with violence of any sort, should receive an R rating. He proposes that this will reduce or eliminate the violence in PG-13 movies and limit violence to R ratings only. After reading the articles, my opinion has remained unchanged, but I would not be against some minor changes in the film industry.