A Rhetorical Analysis Of The Movie 'Kick Ass'

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Rhetorical Analysis In the wake of the debut of the sequel to a popular action movie “Kick Ass” , actor and star of the sequel Jim Carrey stated that he would began to distance himself from the film. This was his decision in light of the Sandy Hook massacre, coming to the conclusion that because of the graphic nature of the film he could not support it in good conscience. His statements sparked a greater discussion in relation to an argument that has been discussed many times in the past: Whether or not media violence leads to the real thing, This argument was again brought to light by three forensic psychiatrists in a recent two and a half page article in The New York Times. The article took a thorough look at both spectrums of the argument,…show more content…
Supplied with statistical evidence from meta-analysis’s, the authors take a very factual standpoint on the argument, never stating any harsh or stubborn opinions, while poking holes in many arguments for why violence doesn’t effect behavior in viewers. For example the argument that some of us watch violent films and are not affected therefore violence in the media doesn’t affect anyone in the worlds behavior. This argument was combated by the relation of argument to the following flawed reasoning: “I’ve smoked cigarettes for long time, and I don’t have lung cancer. Therefore there’s no link between smoking cigarettes and lung cancer.” Also touched on by the authors was the issue of freedom of speech and public safety, in that by taking away violent media it becomes what some consider to be a violation of the peoples rights. Although it is our right to regulate violent content, case studies show that violence in the media does have some effect on the increase of…show more content…
There names are: Vasilis K. Pozios, Praveen R. Kambam, and H. Eric Bender. All three have had much experience studying and dealing with mental health and psychology, more specifically the relation of mental health to the media. Together they founded the consulting group Broadcast Thought, has its own website that works as a tool to spread information about mental health and its relation to entertainment through articles and segments they right for organizations like: The New York Times, The Huffington Post, ABC News. As professionals in this type of field it is no mystery why they would right an article with such an in depth look at violence transferred from the media to our communities, and their professionalism is shown through their accurate and factual style of writing. For instance, they only take evidence that has been conducted by other professionals and psychologists. They explain that a metal-analysis of 217 studies published between 1957 and 1990 the short-term effect of exposure to media violence on physical violence in reality was moderate to large in strength, and use this information to prove the point that there is in fact some relation between media violence and actual violence whether it is an immediate problem or

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