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Originally Posted by TurtleWA
People need not react negatively to bad news. Could motivate some to join red cross or something.
People react differently to bad news. It may contribute to some people’s paranoia and depression. But not everyone. Some may just become desensitized. Or remain unaffected. It may take one news story for some while others it takes repeated exposure. Or nothing happens from watching the news except maybe starting a foundation or charity.
Seems near scapegoating. Reminds me of how video games and heavy metal music gets blamed for things. I know I hear repeated bad news often from multiple news sources. I’m not paranoid or depressed because of it. Those issues are because of my parents. LOL
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I remember during undergrad a social psych paper that studied violence in children. What they found was that children who modeled their behavior on violent media were less violent when they were exposed to a grounding adult presence. Basically, if parents talked to their kids about what they were watching they were less likely to model the violent behavior were consuming from the media.
It's less the media, and more what we do before/during/after we consume it.
Who knows, maybe a stronger, more cohesive and less nihilistic community could have helped the kid who went looking to kill his ex-girlfriend.