Crime and Media

 

It is often thought that the increase in juvenile crime can be attributed to violence in the media.

Do you agree that this is the main cause of juvenile crime.

What solutions can you offer to deal with this situation.

Tv and other media censorship ratings are usually being advertised at the start of every show. The purpose is to inform the audience of the perceivable content of a media that would be seen by an exclusive or diverse group of people. Ratings range from General to Double X-rated. Most often these ratings are being ignored due to the fact that media screening is already loosely executed by authorities and also because of plain complacency. Many Red coloureds rated media are easily accessible to all ages. Even social medias are accepting identity information without verification of authenticity therefore, all medias associated to adult age is being accessed by could be, a younger generation.

This is the ultimate issue that causes immature perceivability of adult-content media leading to superficial comprehension and wrong influence to the youth. They said children at the beginning of their social exploration, copies or mimics the acts of adults. A media containing themes that are not suited to their age may result to decision and action that are MORALLY INAPPROPRIATE.

Morals are virtues that are incorporated to divine laws and philosophies but the most basic and the greatest foundation is what the family, which includes the parents teaches to their children. What they value as a family. For the Catholics, the very most basis of morality is the 10 commandments. 5^th law, thou shall not kill. A child who has watched a film that shows killing can easily copy what the acting killer did. Seeing a violent film that uses profane languages and shows people hurting each other may teach the children to use the same language and practice the hurtful act of those actors. Confucianism said that You should not do unto others what you do not want others to do unto you. If an adult does something that hurts a child even though he doesn’t want it to be done to him, then on another situation, that child may do the same reciprocally. He can hurt someone. Humans are higher than animals because they can think. Children can think but their comprehension as well as their sense of morality is still on the process of growing to maturity. They just copy until they understand, until they found their reasons until they know who they are in this society.

Is it media that shapes a person’s moral? The only factor that nurtures one’s belief and morality? Censoring and Guidance is expected during screening only? No. It’s the whole community. Daily. Until death for some. One’s perception of what is good and right depends on his family, neighbours, teachers, classmates, workmates and peers. Guidance and teaching are required not only during movie or tv hours every time, in all places, by every adult, to every kids around them.

When one child commits a crime, it is not solely because of what they see and hear from the screen. It is mainly because of what they saw and heard from adults that speak and act around them. For the eyes of every child, we adults should be responsible for our every act. We are also entertaining for some kids, like those pretty actors that they like and follow in all medias accessible.