Our Discussion on Media Violence

I guess what bothered me most about our discussion on media violence was that we didn't define what "harmful" meant.

"For some children under some conditions, some television is harmful. For other children under the same conditions, or for the same children under other conditions, it may be beneficial. For most children, under most conditions, most television is probably neither particularly harmful nor particularly beneficial." (William Schramm)

While I agree, each individual is different and responds differently to different stimuli, there is an effect on anyone who watches anything. We just respond differently. Perhaps the difficult thing is that in a class like this we are looking at the world in general and not at an LDS audience. However, one thing we do know is this - each individual has a spirit. That spirit is affected by what it sees, hears, and feels. Although the scientific world may never be able to prove the effects of violent media on children, we can see from a gospel perspective, that media violence may have a more serious consequence than we know.