Response to Media Violence

After reading the 1st, 2nd and 4th article, I've found myself really responding most positively to the 2nd article. It may be because Tarantino is one of my favorite directors but I truly believe that what he is saying is true. We as a country are too scared to bring up controversial issues, especially something like slavery which really helped to shape our country and Tarantino didn't make the movie violent out of just pure joy but also because it causes a shock value that ensures that the audience will remember the movie and its message rather than trying to explain the film's content in a more "comfortable" way. I've watched plenty of violent movies and played numerous violent video games but I've never felt the need to go out and cause that same violence. If anything, the violent media is a way to escape and allows children to express their violent sides in a simulated manner that doesn't actually hurt anyone. The first article concludes that there is no correlation to real life violence and "media" violence. I like to use the quote "media violence can make some people more aggressive in some ways to some degree in some situations for some period of time." from article 2 to explain this. Sure there are going to be those who do want to mimic what they see in the media in real life but that stems from more mental health disorders or upbringing than anything else. Maybe the Aurora shooter was trying to emulate the villains that we see in the media or maybe he was angry over things from his personal life and figured a movie theater shooting would draw the most attention towards him. These are things we will never know, but soley blaming video games for all violence or rather saying they have no contribution are both crazy. Real life violence has many different causes and motives, it's silly to just pick one.