can the media be blamed for violence in the media today
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Can the media be blamed for violence in society today? "Life is like a video game, you gotta die sometime." Spoken by the killer behind the Montreal incident, a lawyer said he used video games to train himself for the incidents. This is the possible manifestation caused by computer game rated as safe for teens, then society is creating a violent generation. What we must realise is that the media isn't completely to blame, these violent games reflect what gamers want, they make a conscious decision to choose a game. The games companies however make it a lot more attractive to the public, games like grand theft auto caused such controversy that it gained plenty of publicity and the public are offered "forbidden fruit" and these games must become more violent and controversial to continually offer this "forbidden fruit" . It is natural for humans to join in groups...


