Media and Violence/Dove Award Program

It begins at HOME. It is nurtured by our life styles. HATE is taught. We must take a stand today as this condition of our society will continue to explode. We have allowed God to be taken from our country, our churches, our schools, and now even our HOMES. Children spend more time with MEDIA today than any other time spent. Thus....The media plays a large role in the violence in society. The media, such as television, music, computer and video games, the Internet are available to everyone all the time. People watch and listen usually oblivious to the messages the media is sending. There are two types of media that are usually violent, and not only are they affecting society, they are mainly affecting the youth. Music and video games are widely available and explicitly violent. This paper will show several examples of how music lyrics and video games affect society, especially younger people, in a violent way.

Video games have become increasingly common, especially among young people. Children are learning to play video games at the age of three. Adults play video games, too, but these games are usually geared towards children and teenagers. Although the video game demographic is very young, vide games can be extremely violent. Most games promote fighting, weapons, and killing. This can lead to children thinking it is okay to fight, or even kill. "Typical games cast players in the role of a shooter, with points scored for each 'kill'" (Senate committee, 2004, para. 31). A video game is a simulation of something that could happen in real life. If the simulation is of the person playing shooting cops and robbing banks they may be led to believe that this is okay in society. This behavior is fun in the game; therefore the player may go on to think that it is fun in real life.

We can blame it on almost anything, a mental condition, lyme disease, so many guns, our economy, the media, but really the bottom line is we have allowed our society to compromise and to be lead down this path. Our childrn today have no respect. We have and continue to allow the moral fabric of our country, churches, government, and family to decay. It is ok, it is their right, their choice, same sex relationships, hey its their right, dolls that claim Islam is the light, but take prayer out of schools, Harry Potter is ok, he does good magic, we have allowed compromise into our society, and the standard of God we have pulled down to our LEVEL rather than reaching up to GOD and His standards. Hey playing with a pregnant BARBIE doll, and one that a young child can tattoo with a enclosed tattoo gun, but we say its washable, its just a doll. We have lost respect for GOD? Yes that is right, we have the same pride as Jonaha, we are better than others? If you are a Christian, Please help us make a difference, take back what we have lost, help teach our children and grandchildren to Reach up to a GODLY standard, not our own, for Compromise brings decay and that is what our world is at today

Think about these facts below?

Its happening all around the world!

WINNENDEN, Germany (AP) -- A 17-year-old gunman dressed in black opened fire at his former high school in southwestern Germany on Wednesday, killing at least 11 people and injuring others before escaping, police said.

HERE IN THE UNITED STATES ALONE

Witnesses said the pastor talked to the man, and then the suspect fired four shots at Pastor Winters. The first shot hit a Bible and exploded like confetti. One of the four shots hit Pastor Winters in the chest. The gun then jammed and the suspect stabbed himself in the throat with a knife and also wounded the two church members.

SAMSON, Ala. (March 11 2009) - A gunman who left nine bodies scattered across two counties burned down his mother's home with her still inside, killed four relatives on a porch and then targeted strangers before killing himself, authorities said.

March 11, 2009 DEKALB, Illinois (CNN) -- A gunman dressed in black stepped from behind a curtain at the front of a large lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on Thursday and shot 21 people, five of them fatally, then shot and killed himself, said university president John Peters.

Shots rang out today inside a Toys R Us store in Palm Desert, killing two and causing shoppers at the busy store to scramble for cover. Palm Desert Councilman Bob Spiegel told The Times that based on early reports, two rival groups shopping at the store had some kind of argument and then shots were fired. Two men were killed in the exchange of gunfire, he said.

April 2007: At least 22 people are killed as a gunman goes on the rampage at the campus of Virginia Tech

October 2006: A 32-year-old gunman goes on the rampage at an Amish school in Pennsylvania, shooting dead at least three girls before killing himself

September 2006: A gunman in Colorado shoots and fatally wounds a teenage schoolgirl, and then kills himself

September 2006: Two days later a teenager kills the headteacher of a school in Cazenovia, Wisconsin

November 2005: Student in Tennessee shoots dead an assistant principal and wounds two other administrators

March 2005: Schoolboy in Minnesota kills nine, and then shoots himself

May 2004: Four people are injured in a shooting at a school in Maryland

April 2003: Teenager shoots dead a head-teacher at a Pennsylvania school, and then kills himself

January 2002: A student who had been dismissed from the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Virginia, killed the dean, a professor and a student, and wounded three others.

March 2001: A pupil kills two students after opening fire at a school in California

February 2000: A classmate shoots dead a six-year-old girl in Michigan.

November 1999: A 13-year-old girl is murdered by a classmate in New Mexico, again via a shooting.

May 1999: Six are injured by a student in a shoot-out in Georgia.

April 1999: Two teenagers shoot dead 12 students and a teacher before killing themselves at Columbine School in Colorado. An award-winning documentary was later made about the killing