Mass Fear
Each day Americans are bombarded with media messages, it could be through TV, radio, or internet. We can see headlines walking by a store, or at a checkout racks. Fear is a powerful tool. It has been used by military to slow down enemies, Law enforcement use it on criminals to reduce crime, parents use it on their kids to keep them in control. When fear is use there is someone that gains something from it. Some societies incite fear in the public to attain political goals or economic goals. Two fears that have come about in the past few years are the fear of terrorism and the fear of TV and Video games lead to violence. These fears have because much panic in the public leading to new policies being made and control over the public. As you continue to read, I’ll go over the facts about these fears and what kind of gains have come of it.
Over the past few years there have been a string of violence in today’s society involving kids and guns. It has been suggest that Teens who watch too much violent shows are prone for more violence. Political groups have stated that we need to control what our teens watch, if we don’t, if not there would be more violence. After the tragedy of Newtown, Conn a bill was passed the impact of violent video games on children. Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) has introduced one of Congress' first pieces of legislation. Even after bills have passed and policies have been made, like California made a law banning sales of violent video games to minors. Supreme court struck down this law. It was stated by Justice Antonin Scalia that this law was "unprecedented and mistaken." "No doubt a State possesses legitimate power to protect children from harm," he wrote, "but that does not include a free-floating power to restrict the ideas to which children may be exposed.”. After incidents like columbine, Sandy Hook, shooitgs in colleges, we too