My intention for my critical research study is to investigate the effects on-screen violence has upon its audiences, with particular attention to the Virginia Tech Massacre.
I plan to conduct this research using a range of focus groups, during which I shall show a select group of people (from varying age groups) a number of scenes selected from various films considered violent, one of which shall be from ‘Old Boy’. I shall then ask the people their opinions of the scenes and the way they make them feel and think etc. I shall also use questionnaires and a range of secondary sources including BBC coverage of the events and news articles from the Times Online (which originally published in news papers).
I have particular interest in this topic since hearing of the Virginia Tech massacre, which was supposedly committed due to a combination of viewing ‘violent films’ and a wish to ‘repeat Columbine’. I have a firm belief that the simple exposure to violent material will not compel a person to copy that which they see. However, I do appreciate that people with histories of mental illness may be tempted towards violence because of on-screen violence as was the case at Virginia Tech.
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