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"Violence on TV."

Possibly this is going in the wrong forum, but nevermind.

Something occured to me last night about violence on telly, and whether it affects people or not, which was this:

If people aren't affected by stuff on telly, then why do companies spend millions of pounds each year on television adverts?

Please don't say "Well, that's different" because it's not. In my view. Advertisers hope that people will see something on telly and want it, so they'll trot off down to the shops and buy it.

So what's the difference between that and violence? If an advert glamourises a chocolate bar, or a CD, or a book, or a supermarket, the company who made that advert will want it to influence the viewer, so that the viewer will switch to that bank, or shop at that shop, or search using that web-site, or... you get the picture.

So why is the same not said of violence?

Don't get me wrong, I don't think that every person who watched Messiah 2 the other weekend will go out and bury someone alive. That's not the point I'm trying to make. Nor am I picking on Messiah 2.

My point is that TV must influence people, even if it is just a tiny, tiny amount, otherwise advertising agencies wouldn't spend all that money out each year TRYING to influence people.

So, here is my question to you:

Does TV influence people? Even if it is influence in such a small minute way, that doesn't matter.

If you reply "Yes, I think TV does influence people, even if it's only a teeny-weeny bit." then you are backing up advertisers claims, so they are not wasting all that money. But you are also saying that people can be influenced, even in the tiniest way, by other things they see on telly.

If you answer "No, TV doesn't influence people at all, not even in the slighest, smallest way.", then you must wonder why 3 TV channels on terrestrial TV manage to survive purely from the income of adverts. But you can sleep safe in your beds knowing that people won't be influenced by anything else they see on the box.

And, in my opinion, it's as simple as that. Cut and dried. Yes or no.

Everything we come into contact with has an influence, but to what degree is impossible to measure.

Memorandum wrote:
> If someone else makes another comment against TV violence I'll kill
> you all exactly the same way I saw Richard Hillman kill Maxine on
> Coronation Street!!!!!!!!!!!

Erm, right.

If someone else makes another comment against TV violence I'll kill you all exactly the same way I saw Richard Hillman kill Maxine on Coronation Street!!!!!!!!!!!

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> I have blades man, BLADES!

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Kyz22 wrote:
> It can influence people slightly, especially easily lead people (Eg
> the young) As you see young kids enacting things they see in films or
> TV shows.
>
> When you mature so does your mind and you see a stronger difference
> from entertainment & the media.
>
> Adverts are nowadays aimed to make people think they need a certain
> thing and that they cannot survive without it.
>
> You dont see "Buy walkers crisps, they are nice"
>
> You see, "blah blah, could reduce heart disease and make you live
> longer"
>
> I should be a lawyer.



I doubt your gonna see a 3 year old with his daddys mac 10 because he saw one on rugrats ( bad example lol)

fair point though

It can influence people slightly, especially easily lead people (Eg the young) As you see young kids enacting things they see in films or TV shows.

When you mature so does your mind and you see a stronger difference from entertainment & the media.

Adverts are nowadays aimed to make people think they need a certain thing and that they cannot survive without it.

You dont see "Buy walkers crisps, they are nice"

You see, "blah blah, could reduce heart disease and make you live longer"

I should be a lawyer.

Adverts are for encouraging people to buy or do something.

and Films and programs are for entertainment.

advertising is the art of encouraging people to buy what they don't need'

When i play gta vc i pick up prostitutes( do my thing with them ) then beat them sensless and get my money back, this is not real the same way violence on tv isnt real (unless your watching a documentary)
This could go on for ever you could say people are influenced by books or even the radio.
The thing im trying to say is people can be influenced by anything, so there is nothing anyone can do about it.