Summary Of Hate Violence Turn It Off By Tim Goodman

In his essay “Hate Violence? Turn It Off,” Tim Goodman argues that if parents or other adults object to a television program, they should change the channel or just simply turn off the TV. I disagree with Goodman’s argument. Violence is not uncommon activity happening in our modern society, it is portray in the media, entertainment, and also human interaction with each other. Turning off the TV or changing the channel could not prevent violent influences. There are many children who are allowed to watch television without an adult supervision, as to other influences such as our media or entertainments are even advertising violence. Television is a huge influence in our younger generation. If we were to look at any family household, we would

Goodman claims that parents are blaming Hollywood, or television, for the downfall of the nation’s morals; a scapegoat for parent’s poor parenting skills. What parents, instead of blaming others, should do is notice that children are easily influenced by the people around them and their surrounding environment. Parents should know that it is their responsibility to be good role models and monitor what their family is watching on the television. And whether they notice or not, some parents are teaching their children to watch TV in early childhood by letting them spend too much time watching TV. Also, most parents tend to leave their children alone without supervision for other necessary household chores. Which in fact, without adult supervision children are vulnerable to anything display in the

There are other ways that violence can be broadcast. Entertainment such as video games, music, videos, graphic novels and movies, all have an impact on the increasing violence in our generation. Video games can be played by everyone, especially adolescent from the age of 12-17. They can “play video games- on a computer, on consoles such as the Wii, PlayStation and Xbox, or on portable devices such as Gameboys, smartphones and tablets (APA).” Also from video games, music, videos, graphic novel and movies also contain sexual contents, alcoholism or drug addiction, guns, domestic violence, and etc. According to Diane Swanbrow’s essay, “Violent Media Numbs Viewers to Pain of Others,” in recent study it was reported that violent games and movies could make people numb to the pain and suffering of others (Swanbrow 165). Indicating that, people who watch or play violent video games or movies are slower to react to help someone in need, as opposed to someone who watch or play a regular station. In another way, making them less sensitive to the pain and suffering of