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From an early age, children are bombarded with a steady
dose of violent images on TV, at the movies, and in their
video games. Are they being desensitized to violence?
Think About It: Understanding the Impact of TV/Movie
Violence is a video that makes teens—and their
parents—think twice about violent images
they’ve come to take for granted. Through the video
and accompanying Discussion Guide, they will examine:
• links between screen violence and real-life crime
• exaggerated fears spawned by scary movies
• historical use of movie violence to make certain
kinds of killing seem acceptable
The 22-minute video uses
footage from CNN, TNT, and the Imperial War Museum along
with expert testimony, reports, and statistics to
illustrate the effects media violence can have on young
people.
The 48-page Discussion Guide provides questions and
talking points to fuel conversation. It is divided into
three parts:
Part I The Loss of Compassion and
Conscience
Part 2 The Debate: Is TV/Movie Violence
a Major Cause of Real-Life Violence?
Part 3 Exploring the Consequences
The Appendix contains
reprints of articles and studies to support discussion of
this topic.
For religious
audiences, too!
Look for a cross symbol to find references to appropriate
Scripture passages, which are provided throughout the
Guide.
Author and narrator John
Andrew Murray, M.A., is the headmaster of St.
Timothy’s-Hale School in Raleigh, NC.
Think About It: Understanding the Impact of
TV/Movie Violence
Video with Discussion Guide
L6520 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $79.95
Something to think about
Students
say media violence
doesn’t affect them because
the killings and graphic scenes
they see on TV and movies are
“fake.”But when asked how they
would feel if they saw a dog
getting riddled with bullets, all of
them say how horrible that would
be. They find it horrible because
they don’t see animals being blown
away on TV every day, unlike the
human carnage they witness on a
regular basis. That is proof of
desensitization.
—John
Andrew Murray
author of Think About It
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Reprinted
from Leader magazine.
Copyright 2001 by Active Parenting Publishers, Inc.
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