Part I: Paper Outline

Introduction

Paragraph 1: Globalization and advancement in technology have increased accessibility of media content among children and young adults in the world.

Evidence 1: Minors access television and digital internet sources where they interact with violent content meant for adults(Mößle, Kliem, & Rehbein, 2014).

Evidence 2: Adolescents spend more than a third of their day interacting with media content(Vossen, Piotrowski, and Valkenburg, 2017).

Paragraph 2: Empathy plays a significant role in mediating between exposure to violent media content and behavioral transformation among adolescents.

Evidence 1: Exposure to media violence among teenagers lead to low empathy levels and increased aggression among adolescents(Vossen, Piotrowski, and Valkenburg, 2017).

Evidence 3: Media violence accessed by the adolescents substitutes empathy with hostility(Mößle, Kliem, & Rehbein, 2014, p. 116).

Evidence4: Media contents lead to a decline in empathy(Kanthan, Graham, & Azarchi, 2016).

Paragraph 3: The current study seeks to discuss the relationship between empathy and violent media content.

Main Body

Paragraph 1: Violent media content and video games lead to aggression among adolescents.

Evidence 1: Adolescents and youth who interact with violent media are likely to become aggressive (Happ & Melzer, 2014).

Evidence 2: Most aggressive behavior among the youth result from interaction with violent media (Mößle, Kliem, & Rehbein, 2014).

Evidence 3: Violent media content decrease affective empathy leading to aggressive behavior (Vossen, Piotrowski, and Valkenburg 2017).

Paragraph 2: Violence in Media alters emotional and cognitive development among adolescents.

Evidence 1: Empathy involves assuming another person’s emotional state. Violent media content eliminates the feeling and substitutes it with insensitivity (Kanthan, Graham, & Azarchi, 2016).

Evidence 2: Empathy in children and young adults is altered to hostility due to violent media thus affecting emotional development (Mößle, Kliem, & Rehbein, 2014).

Paragraph 3: Violent media affects various dimensions of empathy as opposed to sympathy alone.

Evidence: Violent media content affects both cognitive and affective empathy in children and young adults (Vossen, Piotrowski, and Valkenburg 2017).

Conclusion

Violent media content is easily accessible to the youth. It affects their emotional and cognitive development by substituting empathy with aggression.

Part II: Introduction

Globalization and advancement in technology have increased accessibility of media content among people of all ages in the world. The youth interact with media contents more than other age groups in society through interactive media (Mößle, Kliem, & Rehbein, 2014). Adolescents can access violent content that is only suitable for adults. According to Vossen, Piotrowski, and Valkenburg (2017), adolescents spend more than a third of their day interacting with media content. Majority of media content accessed by teenagers especially entertainment involve violence.

Empathy plays a significant role in mediating between exposure to violent media content and behavioral transformation among adolescents. Previous researchers have tried to find the relationship between empathy and violent media content. For instance, Vossen, Piotrowski, and Valkenburg (2017) found that exposure to media violence among teenagers lead to low empathy levels and increased aggression among adolescents. Another study by Mößle, Kliem, and Rehbein, (2014), found that media violence accessed by the adolescents substitutes empathy with hostility, which affects the emotional and cognitive development in adolescents. Kanthan, Graham, & Azarchi (2016), also found that violent media contents lead to a decline in empathy.

The current study seeks to discuss the relationship between empathy and violent media content. The study answers the question “How does empathy figure into the discussion of media effects and violent media on adolescents?” The study analyzes previous research conducted on the relationship between empathy and violent media. It goes ahead to discuss state whether media violence affects empathy. The other sections of the paper include literature review, findings, discussion, and conclusion.

References

Happ, C., & Melzer, A. (2014). Empathy and violent video games: Aggression and prosocial behavior. Springer. Accessed fromhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/266662255_Empathy_and_Violent_Video_Games_Aggression_and_Prosocial_Behavior

Kanthan, S., Graham, J. A., & Azarchi, L. (2016). Media Detectives: Bridging the Relationship among Empathy, Laugh Tracks, and Gender in Childhood. Journal of Media Literacy Education, 8(2), 35-53. Accessed fromhttps://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1125583.pdf

Mößle, T., Kliem, S., & Rehbein, F. (2014). Longitudinal effects of violent media usage on aggressive behavior. The significance of empathy. Societies, 4(1), 105-124. Accessed fromhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/260530543_Longitudinal_Effects_of_Violent_Media_Usage_on_Aggressive_Behavior-The_Significance_of_Empathy

Vossen, H. G., Piotrowski, J. T., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2017). The longitudinal relationship between media violence and empathy: Was it sympathy all along? Media Psychology, 20(2), 175-193.Accessed fromhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/15213269.2015.1121825?needAccess=true

 
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