Violence In Entertainment And Its Effect On Society Essay written by Josh Meunier Does entertainment influence society's attitude towards violent behavior? In order to fully answer this question we must first understand what violence is. Violence is the use of one's powers to inflict mental or physical injury upon another, examples of this would be rape or murder. Violence in entertainment reaches the public by way of television, movies, plays, and novels. Through the course …showed first 75 words of 2037 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2037 total…maybe they should practice what they preach when Christmas rolls around. They should think twice before buying that Mortal Kombat 4 for their son. This is where it gets sticky. Parents need to draw the line between appropriate and not appropriate. It would be a nice convenience to have a rating system on the television, but parents should be aware enough of what their children are doing and watching that they are the rating system themselves.