The Influence Of Media Violence Among The Teenagers And The Youths: Special Reference To Guwahati City (Assam)

Abstract

Media, being the backbone of a democracy, makes us aware of various social, political and economic activities happening around the world. While considering the “media” as the fourth pillar of democracy in any republican government system in the world, but at the same time it is unfortunate that the same mass media is considered as the major factor for spreading “violence” either through TV programmes, movies or interactive video games which can be played online. 

In the busy life schedule, parents rarely get time to spend quality time with children and that is why children have to engage in Televisions, Computers, Smartphones, Tablets etc. We cannot imagine how dangerous it is for tech-savvy children, the imperfect blend of technology and human resource causes to media violence and children are unable to differentiate between fact and fantasy; even it has claimed so many teenage/ young lives.

Now a days, viewing the firearms and explosives images in the print media, watching the violent behavior in electronic media (through news, TV programmes, movies) are the common things in modern society for a teenager. But day by day, it is badly affecting the adolescents, and in this context children’s exposure to media violence are increasing day by day. Not only the pediatrician, the psychiatric and the teacher, but also the parents play the important role to monitor the teenagers who are active users of social media sites.

In this paper, how mass media as well as social media are responsible for spreading “violence” among the masses especially among the teenagers and youths will be discussed. In this study, a survey has been done through interview and questionnaire methods among the teenagers from major schools situated in Guwahati City and try to focus on some valuable solutions.