Will Stephens - Summaries

Violent Video Games: The Effects on Youth, and Public Policy Implications

The first article focuses on the form of media known as Video Games. Specifically violent ones. Voicing a concern that they cause violence in the world outside of the games. Leading children to be more violent, studies were done to test this effect but they were inconclusive giving different results. Showing some were prone to violence after playing the game while other showed less of an aptitude for violence using the game to channel their violent urges.

Weinstein, Tarantino and the standoff over movie violence

The Second article focuses on Movies, Specifically Violent ones involving Harvey Weinstein. While there is some concern about the youth watching movies there is also more concern about the violence effecting society as a whole. There is a split between people viewing the violent movies as bad and causing an adverse effect and the people who do not think that the movies have any such effect. Again there is a lack of studies to connect the violence to the world.

Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?

The Third article does not focus on music but rather a music artist pointing out that humanity has always been prone to violence. Listing the current media views on shootings and murders and the constant craze to get more information about them and put there face on every news outlet. He also mentions that he is trying to not be a part of the craze about violence and rather use his music as an outlet instead of watching others commit violence.