Some people suggest that there should be restrictions on a detailed description of crimes in the newspapers and on television. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

The violent contents broadcasted by the mass media (the

television

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and the printing press

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) have been singled out in recent years as a matter of urgent public concern. It has been argued that a detailed description of the

crime

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, especially violent

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, should be restricted. I agree with

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suggestion based on the following concerns. There can be little doubt that a complete description of crimes has a direct impact on

viewers perception

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the viewer's perception

viewer's perception

of

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, including its nature and impacts. Ongoing exposure to reports on

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scenes has desensitised viewers to the horrors of serious crimes

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as homicide. Many TV programmes tend to dramatise the process of tracing criminals. So immersed are viewers in the storyline that few are encouraged to link the

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to a brutal, unsympathetic and devastating act. Meanwhile, hardly has any newspaper or TV editor carried out a follow-up study of convicted criminals.

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form of representation fails to alert viewers to the fact that no criminal can stay at large and all offenders will be brought to justice. Meanwhile, the depiction of

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is potentially the primary cause of "copycat" suicides, fights, shootings and bombings. People are inclined to vent their discontent in various ways, and one of the most common is

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. The documentary on a criminal or violent act provides them with role models, those characters who initiate most of the acts of

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on

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. The portrayal of those characters encourages viewers to emulate violent behaviour, believing that their acts are likely to be acknowledged. Despite its enormous effects on the

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, the description of crimes on

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or newspapers should not be made a scapegoat for all social

violence

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. It would divert people's attention from the root causes of

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. Some depictions of

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are likely to contribute to harmful effects on viewers, whereas other portrayals may be pro-social and beneficial for the

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.

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, many programmes encourage no-violent alternatives to solutions.

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,

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and newspapers have played a significant role in educating the

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about the advantages of building a non-

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community and the inadvisability of excessive drinking, car racing, drug-using and other unlawful acts. As suggested above, media

violence

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, including the detailed picturing of violent acts, contributes at least partly to social

violence

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and to the

audience

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's aggressive thoughts and behaviour.

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, there is no simple cause-and-effect relationship between media

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and societal

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and both have multiple causes.