hc1, Angus Morrison Elementary School, Canada, Question:
Through the lens of the media, we have immediate access to the many issues of conflict around the World today. Our generation is hyper exposed to more and more examples of extreme injustice, documentation of tragedy and images of severe violence on a consistent basis. We wonder how this over saturation of conflict in our society will affect future generations. Is it possible the next generation will become numb towards shock inducing stories/statistics and therefore apathetic in activism? We also wonder how this might explain why government officials appear to be slow in reacting or being proactive when dealing with extreme inequalities, injustices and wrongdoings with the global community. Why does it often take large scale protests, petitions, rallies, riots, and movements, to pique the interest of political action towards change? Additionally, where does the balance of responsibility lie?
Answer from hc2
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Answer from hc3
Question of school 1:
Through the lens of the media, we have immediate access to the many issues of conflict around the World today. Our generation is hyper exposed to more and more examples of extreme injustice, documentation of tragedy and images of severe violence on a consistent basis. We wonder how this over saturation of conflict in our society will affect future generations. Is it possible the next generation will become numb towards shock inducing stories/statistics and therefore apathetic in activism? We also wonder how this might explain why government officials appear to be slow in reacting or being proactive when dealing with extreme inequalities, injustices and wrongdoings with the global community. Why does it often take large scale protests, petitions, rallies, riots, and movements, to pique the interest of political action towards change? Additionally, where does the balance of responsibility lie?
Our answer:
We think that the next generation doesn’t care as much as we do now, if something happens in another country. But we think if something terrible happens in their own neighborhood they will care the same as we do now. Because so many terrible things happen in the world, every time it gets a little bit more normal. Maybe the next generation won’t even watch the news anymore, because they don’t care.
Of course we hope that won’t happen. But we will never know.
Answer from hc4
The government does not act if it is not in their interest, and the shocking images we see are often abroad, or far away the average person cannot relate to the situation at hand.
Because our generation has not been involved in conflicts, we can't imagine how people experience these things. People often do not care about things which have nothing to do with themselves.
However if it does, for example on 11 september, people and governments do act. The fault lies in human nature. We, as a well-being country, should help the people that are less fortunate.
Answer from hc5
We think it’s certainly possible that the next generation isn’t going to care about shocking stories anymore, because we see those stories so much, that we kind of get used to them. It doesn’t shock us anymore. It’s just another story.
The government is getting used to it too. And they know that many people don’t care either, so they think they can ignore the problems because we do that too. But when we protest they realise that we do care, and they realise they have to do something about the problems.
The responsibility should lay with all of us. The government should inform the people, and be interested in the problems. They need to convince the people that we have to care. Because if they dont care, why should we?
Answer from hc6
Mass media enjoys a very prominent role in our lives. There are various effects of mass media on the society at large. Media tends to influence and it's obvious, there are positive as well as negative influences. However, it also depends upon the way audiences perceive things. The power of media is by far recognized by everybody in terms of advertising, marketing and as a medium to broadcast information to people at large. Since mass media is used to communicate and interact with people from various walks of life, it can often result in a conflict of options. Print media (magazines, newspapers, brochures, press releases, newsletters, etc), electronic media (television, radio etc) and the Internet are all part of mass media. Today, it can give a person phenomenal exposure and this can result in various effects on the society. Well, one cannot blame a particular medium because of outside influences.
- At times, the information reported may not be authentic from every angle. Hence, there may be a misinterpretation of a situation.
- News can be manipulated to influence the minds of the audiences.
- For example - a particular political party may manipulate reports in their favor, which would indicate the political control in the media.
- Media bias can occur due to various issues. A journalist or an editor may give personal preference to an issue.
- Unnecessary sensationalism of an issue may project wrong information to the public.
- Misleading messages may again divert young minds towards a wrong path.
- Wrong interpretation of news may even blow things out of proportion. This would create further unrest in any place or even violence in case of extreme situations.
- At times, a particular event or news item may receive too much attention simply because of the lack of important news or snippets. This would again present a wrong idea before the public.
In our opinion, the balance of responsibility in the subconscious of ourselves. This depends on how we perceive themselves this or that information.
Answer from hc7
Through the lens of the media, we have immediate access to the many issues of conflict around the World today. Our generation is hyper exposed to more and more examples of extreme injustice, documentation of tragedy and images of severe violence on a consistent basis. We wonder how this over saturation of conflict in our society will affect future generations. Is it possible the next generation will become numb towards shock inducing stories/statistics and therefore apathetic in activism? We also wonder how this might explain why government officials appear to be slow in reacting or being proactive when dealing with extreme inequalities, injustices and wrongdoings with the global community. Why does it often take large scale protests, petitions, rallies, riots, and movements, to pique the interest of political action towards change? Additionally, where does the balance of responsibility lie?
ANSWER
The Government cares about their own purse but they are stingy over how they support other countries, while they just have enough for their own. The Government have to look after their own country and if they have money to support other countries who are really in need. It is on the Government because they look for the borderline and they know that there are people who are in protest. In the recent years, the Government budget cuts. We think that the balance of responsibility lays on the Government because they have the most power and control over the people. The Government waits too long to take in the situation because they wait for the borderline. They have to take in earlier before the ‘borderline’.
We also think that there are people who don’t get touched what happens in real life. What there is on tv and what is shown by the media, you don’t know who to believe anymore, what real happens L.
Answer from hc8
It is known that the press is an important factor in forming public opinion.
The press has amazing ability to mobilize, to foster militancy and activism. Public opinion rests on the actions of the media to initiate movements, to submit petitions and, in general, to cause or contribute to the success of collective action.
The media, through the allocation of space, can contribute to the success of these movements claim, enlargement of rights, grievances or other such controversial issues raised.
Contemporary society is a big consumer of media. In addition to the positive effects that media has in people's lives, we note that the mass media is the best way of handling of individuals and the training of an individual's character, often incorrectly. Also, more a media culture of violence as the last form of the emotion the public speculation.
Under these conditions, the reaction of the public, including young people, will depend very much on the level of education, type of political regime, the immediacy of producing negative effects on his life and the standard of living...
Answer from hc9
In our opinion television should broadcast more educational programs because we see only images with various tragedies and many things which at our age we should not see.
The people responsible are those who monitor programs and do not censor images with violence.
Our future is affected because we will stay with these images of violence in mind. Our generation could change that but everybody is affected. Nobody assumes responsibility so all the children are very affected. Our generation would have to protest in a way for our future and our education.
In our opinion children should only watch educational documentaries, cartoons and films which are appropriate for their age. In order for this to happen, censorship is essential as well as parents’ monitoring of their children’s viewing. A lot of violence can also be found in computer games and on the internet in general. A lot of parents don’t know what kind of games their children are watching and how violent these games are.
We believe that it is difficult to predict exactly how much the next generation will be influenced by this problem.
Answer from hc10
hc1, Angus Morrison Elementary School, Canada, Question:
It often takes large scale problems to pique interest because people these days are WAY too accustomed to violence as portrayed in the media.
Our society is hyper-exposed to violence, but young people get even more exposer to violence, especially with the rise of violent video games (first-person shooters especially) in the past two decades. Each generation is number to violence than the previous. So when these protests, rallies, petitions, etc. come about, people realize the problems with real-life violence that they would have taken with a grain of salt before. We think that the responsibility lies in the hands of the following:
1. Those putting out the material for the public. For example, in the case of violent video games, video game companies should make sure they reach their target audience, and also make the violent content a little more serious, as in, adding realistic effects on people involved in the violence.
2. Those who receive this material. They need an eye-opener of some sorts to help these numb minded people realize how terrible large scale violence really is.
3. (In the case of young people, specifically kids) The parents of those who receive this material. For example, parents should restrict their kids to age appropriate video games (i.e. don’t have 7 or 8 year olds playing Call of Duty perhaps).
Overall, we as a world, need to open our eyes when it comes to violence and take it more seriously.
By: Aidan, Rigel, and Matthew
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