What to do about Violence in Mass Media Does violence on television translate to violence in real life? Does music influence our thoughts and actions to the point of criminal activity? Did the Columbine tragedy result from violent video games? My answer to all of these questions is a resounding no! It is ludicrous to think listening to Eminem rap about killing somebody will actually make any sane person go out and commit such an …showed first 75 words of 455 total…

…showed last 75 words of 455 total…this goes I feel that the parents have to play a big role. TV networks are not going to move their prime time shows back because they don’t want kids watching it, it just wont happen. So we need to start a campaign to urge parents to have more control over what their kids watch. I know right now they are running a similar campaign targeting parents to talk to the kids about drugs.