Analysis-Culture, sex and violence

Introduction

In recent years, television has become an essential in our daily lives. It became the great means of entertainment. But, we realize more and more it also plays a role through the power it exerts on our minds and, it is not always in the direction that would be desirable. What we think of propaganda political, advertising aggressively toward those she seduces and maddens or who did not means to the subculture it broadcasts finally giving it the prestige of the image. It thereby adds to the violence of the world against him already reflect too complacent. There are two distinct relations between television and violence. It is on the double level of reflection and action that we should focus the debate. Each new, theatrical event brings with him the issue of violence in the media (Bailey 2000, 291).

In this era of globalization, the prevalence of media and its impacts is widespread. It has been recognized that with the development of information technology, globally, media plays a pivotal role in the depiction of women's social and economic status throughout. Media plays a mirror image of the society. Media portrays the social norms, rules, nature, conflicts, cultural issues living patterns and styles prevailed in any society. “Mass communication media in India, like every modern and progressive country, comprises of the radio, the film, the television, the press, publications and advertising besides traditional media.

Impact of Television

The soaring crime rates and violence against women in the country reflects women as the weaker sex who are being dominated and exploited. Television as a source of mass communication is regarded to occupy the personal and the private space in families. As an easy, accessible source of entertainment, Television evokes a particular interest to a woman, who is a house maker and spend most of the time in her own household. As media plays a crucial role in the construction of criminality, it thus, had a great impact on the individual's perception and fear of crime and violence. Researchers suggest that individuals' knowledge of crime is the exact output if the crime occurs in the community or personally being victimized. As, television is the primary concern, media crime news plays a crucial part in telecasting violent criminal activities around the globe which some or the other way change our attitudes, knowledge and perception towards crime in general. Studies suggest that how television viewing do affect our perception and knowledge about crime and violence. Television portrayed the distorted image of crime and violence which fails to capture the real picture of crime (Ferguson 2009, 37).

Researchers conducted on the media influences suggest that the violent and brutal acts on television may result in to increase the emotional reactions of the viewer. Aggressiveness is the main consequence of repeated exposure to violence television. She is also the most recognizable, but it is not the only one. Desensitization, though less visible, is no less serious. We talk about desensitization when prolonged exposure to a stimulus causes a reaction ...