Violence in the media - is a topic of constant debate. Serials, films and video tapes full of scenes of violence. Regardless of whether we are dealing with a "Rambo", "Class of 84" or criminal chronicle, the violence - a regular guest in our media. Everyday, we can contemplate murder, assault, fighting, destruction on our television screen. Children are faced with these embodiments of terror in the very early age. Aggressive impulses are widely represented and a variety of computer games that kill people, shoot down planes or even staged a nuclear war. These games scare us. We were shocked that as a vehicle for abreaction our game needs is not nothing better than the vision of on-screen these horrific events.

Is not it is having on our children's destructive influence, goes completely to their psyche? Addressing this issue raises heated debates. According to studies showing scenes of violence on television leads to increased "contamination" of aggression. However, strictly speaking, these studies show only an increase in excitability and a tendency to engage in war games. Are the children in their daily lives more aggressive and unmanageable - it is unknown. With regard to the impact of media on the psyche of children can say the following.

Determinative in this case is the nature of the reaction of children to scenes of violence and their impression arising from these psychological processes. Assume that the child imitates scenes, seen them on TV on a scale of one to one, it would be extremely simplistic. If the examples were so contagious, school classes would have tremendous success in children. Their response to scenes of aggression and broadcast live on television, are ambiguous. Direct imitation of - only one form of reaction.

Another known form of response is a rejection. Scenes of violence looks so disgusting that a child refuses to accept. He zazhmurivaet eyes focused on the positive aspects of the film and does not pay attention to the violence. Such behavior serves as his protection. Such a spontaneous reaction is typical for very many children. Terrible is not fixed consciousness. Another form of reaction is virtualization: When a scene of violence children are asking themselves whether they are dealing with reality or fiction. Adoption of the movie as fiction allows them to watch it without prejudice to their psyche. All that is played out in front of them, not much different from a fairy tale. Horrifying story, chilling in your veins - it's true, but how it relates to reality?

Children show an extraordinary sensitivity to the falsity and hence the ability to distinguish the real from the fictional from an early age. They are easily distinguished from genuine prisochinennogo screenwriter. The violence he had seen in movies, usually falls into the category fictional. The negative impact of such scenes on the constraints centers often minimal, although they bring their children into some excitement. By the following form of the reaction should be attributed disgust. Many children in the contemplation of violence minded moral categories: they are outraged, frightened, their rejection of violence escalates. In the case of this type of reaction in children worse not aggressive tendencies, but on the contrary, a negative attitude towards violence. The film refreshes the problem, which concerns them personally and decide which accounts for themselves.

Finally, there is a kind of behavior, which reduces to imitate. Children in this category are looking for in movies like role models. Pretends seen them in life. Three 3-grader brought forcibly to their home girl. Advantage of the absence of parents, they tied her to her bed and set out to "fuck". The fact that it is, they were very vague idea. They are fully clothed, tried to lie down on the girl on top and make jerky movements. It is clear that a model for such behavior served as the corresponding scene in the video. This case is simulated rape without sexual action as such - a consequence of the desire to imitate. The boys wanted to repeat the scene, imprinted them on video. Video awakened slumbering in their instincts.

The impact of media

Violence in the media , can affect the child's consciousness. The only question is, what is in reality the degree of their impact and how they contribute to increased aggressiveness. Do the movies original school of aggressive behavior for children, or their role is merely to abreaction already accumulated aggressive impulses? The other three 3-graders on Wednesday kidnapped after school my classmate. They brought her to the farm and locked up in a shelter for rabbits. She was told that now it will hang. She was pushed into the slit between the boards a piece of stale bread, drizzled it with water and stated that it was her Crypt meal. In front of a numb with fear girls they tied a rope to a crossbeam ceiling and told her to get ready: come her last hour.

Despite the fact that the boys were eventually refused to execute his intention, the experience of those actions were for girls is extremely difficult. When the boy later asked what led me to the idea to hang their classmate, they sheepishly replied: "A story in Sunday school." Sunday school teacher told the children a story, each character is a punishment tied to the pillory and hanged. Contrary to the intentions of the teacher's children have made of the history of its conclusion, deciding that it means removing them from unwanted persons. As they carried the girl to the category of undesirables, it was decided to execute their plan.

However, the study of the life history of these boys showed they have an already existing distinct aggressive tendencies. The leader of this group of boys still in kindergarten has elevated aggressive in communicating with their peers: he once struck with the force of the jacket over the head with one girl, she ran home crying and refused to return that day back. This example shows that the media are not the only factor influencing the psyche of children, to explain the violence exclusively negative effects of viewing violent scenes would be extremely simplistic. Available in many children aggressive tendencies and the pleasure they receive from meeting them, leads them in search of heroes, under the guise that it would be easier to show their aggressive tendencies.

Horror films and computer games are placing new demands on parents and teachers in terms of child rearing. As before when teaching children how to behave on the street, we must teach them the responsible handling of these games and the media. Tradition of these games and horror movies anathema in danger of losing control over this world experience and expertise of the child. Overly moralistic, condemning this game position adults leads to evasion of children from any discussion of this topic with adults. Agitated and anxious attitude of adults seems to them to hysteria. Because of the presence of the overwhelming number of children and adolescents unerring ability to distinguish reality from fiction, and notation bans do not cause them nothing but yawn. The best should recognize a reasonable approach, in which computer games are not perceived as a satanic delusion, and as a form of pastime allows you to experience the aggressive tendencies and the charm of violence in itself. Children need to feel that parents also feels the violence as a possible pattern of behavior and have to constantly suppress it.