Some people believe that violence in the media, such as in television programs and films, directly results in violent behavior. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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There has been an argument recently that brutality in the
media
,
such
as on social networks and
films
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in films
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could lead to violent
behavior
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behaviour
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in the real world. Personally, I disagree with
this
statement because it mostly depends on how strong someone is mentally and liking violent things does not necessarily mean you are brutal yourself.
Firstly
, violent
media
has been around us for many years and most likely for the rest of society’s existence.
However
, you rarely see any cases of
people
commiting
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committing
cruel acts by seeing a gore film. A solid proof
to
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this
is that probably everyone has seen an explicit film but no one has ever picked up a knife and
went
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on a massacre after watching a violent movie because nobody would react like that unless they are already mentally ill in the first place.
For example
, most murder cases are
due to
people
with
a
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mental
disorder
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and not because of violent films.
Secondly
, you would be surprised that a lot of
people
enjoy brutal things not because they have a sort of sick pleasure but because these types of
media
feed their curiosity and provide genuine entertainment for them. The proof
to
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this
is that there is a large
amount
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of followers for
this
genre of
media
and it is likely that none of these
people
are
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savage because as we all know violent or scary
media
provides a sense of suspense and fear, not violent for
people
which not many other types of
media
gives so
this
is the reason why there is
such
a big following for
this
genre.
For instance
, I am a devoted follower
to
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gore films but I am still a scaredy cat and would not hurt an ant. In conclusion, I do not agree with the statement mentioned because violent
media
does not make a normal person brutal
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it only does if they are already in a weak mental state.
Furthermore
, most
people
just view violent
media
as a means of entertainment, not as something to replicate.
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