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Hello! My research topic has to do with how violent movies affect the minds and behavior of children. My friends Rachel Jaffe and Dugan Kemple helped me research this topic for a project in our communications class. We used the question: How does exposure to more realistic violence in film, as a result of enhanced special effects and technology, affect children’s behavior, and how are these different from children’s responses to older, less realistic films with violence?

                This is important because as movies and technology progress the things that children see on the screen become more and more real. We want to find out if a child is affected mentally or emotionally by watching violence in movies. If it has effects on their minds then it is very important to try and stop them from viewing the violent scenes.

                This image is from the movie the Hunger Games. 

The movie is directed towards children. But is it really okay for children to view this violent scene? The movie is about children killing other children in an arena because the government forces them to. I don’t think that children should watch this as it could have effects on them and show them that violence is okay.