Does hatred and violence on social media, tv, sensationalized press, and abundance of sex material create break down society

[another1]

It would make more sense to read "hatred and violence in social media, tv and sensationalized press are destroying society". Reading it as a question is almost an insult to anyone assuming to live in reality. Like seriously do people actually need to stack cups and break them down and stack them again just to take a damn drink of water. I understand social media as a legitimate problem but I can't comprehend the ways you're laying this out. An algebra book, when the people it matters to can barely use a coloring book, is what I'm saying. "Study says that social media blah blah" is everywhere you turn, and nobody cares, but the "destruction of society" is a lust or an obsession for everyone. I'm just saying ya know, I don't break down the chemical composition of fire for someone if they don't know they are burning. The logical thing to do is put the fire out, and then explain why they are wet. But it is interesting to see people talking about this, so I'm not unhappy.
If social media had one physical voice to speak with, it would sound like Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs. Everything you read on there should be narrated in your mind by him. Ted Levine's voice can always help put things into perspective.

 

[Speakpigeon]

The appearance of things is mostly based on your age.

Society looks broken to those so old the present world does not resemble the world they were born in.

But to the young society looks exactly as it should.

Then the young should not complain. It is quite silly to complain about something that is exactly as it should be.

The young complain about society as being part of how society should be.
EB

 

[Speakpigeon]

Then the young should not complain. It is quite silly to complain about something that is exactly as it should be.

How many complain and shake the cage in rage?

A handful.

Most skip along glued to the screen of their phone.

Being glued to your cellphone is a very skillful, low-energy and devious way of complaining about society-as-it-should-be.
EB

 

[fromderinside]

That's looking at the overall level of media violence vs real world violence which doesn't prove causation--the media might be reflecting reality, there might be a third factor driving both. I'm talking about a short term effect: the release of a violent movie causes a dip in real world problems. There's no way the dip causes the release of the movie, the arrow of causality is clearly fixed.

On LP's observation 2 my reply is more nuanced supported by the following studies: The ‘Butner Study’ Redux: A Report of the Incidence of Hands-on Child Victimization by Child Pornography Offenders http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/ncjrl/pdf/I C A C/2013 - April 18-19/09f - BUTNER STUDY.pdf (Journal of Family Violence 2009), and Pornography, public acceptance and Sexrelated Crime http://Pornography, public acceptance and sex related crime: A review

The former finds a clear correlation between child offenders and use of child porn literature while the latter finds negative or no correlations between availability of pornography and sex crime.

The child porn study is irrelevant--child porn is not readily available in society. Your third "link" is to a title, not a URL.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2032762
(Rape constant while other crimes increased)

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/28803/title/Porn--Good-for-us-/
(Later years, rape declined.)

Note, also:

and in those countries that allowed for the possession of child pornography, child sex abuse has declined.

Something I have been saying for years should be studied. Apparently someone has and the effect is what I would expect.

First nothing in social psych or sociology is actually causal. They are all review of statistics which are collected for various motives and purposes, many not linked too well. Causality aside one can still infer from groupings of statistical studies if one is careful (not science,but something that may be of practical use to those charged with tending the area).

Sorry about the link. here it is:Pornography, public acceptanceand sex related crime: A review http://image.sciencenet.cn/olddata/kexue.com.cn/upload/blog/file/2010/3/20103237373450098.pdf

Actually the child port study is quite good. It illustrates potential mechanisms and between experience and motivation between the criminal having used and the user having tendency for groups. If I were to make a causal point I'd say people have tendencies. Those who have tendencies are motivated to act based on video and text seen. Porn is a facilitator for those who harbor such desires. However we still don't know why people are biased to commit such acts. Suspect both gene and family, particularly, experience.

 

[GenesisNemesis]

Everything breaks down society, because there's not enough of it.

 

[GenesisNemesis]

Correction: because people think they don't have enough of it.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

That's looking at the overall level of media violence vs real world violence which doesn't prove causation--the media might be reflecting reality, there might be a third factor driving both. I'm talking about a short term effect: the release of a violent movie causes a dip in real world problems. There's no way the dip causes the release of the movie, the arrow of causality is clearly fixed.



The child porn study is irrelevant--child porn is not readily available in society. Your third "link" is to a title, not a URL.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2032762
(Rape constant while other crimes increased)

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/28803/title/Porn--Good-for-us-/
(Later years, rape declined.)

Note, also:

and in those countries that allowed for the possession of child pornography, child sex abuse has declined.

Something I have been saying for years should be studied. Apparently someone has and the effect is what I would expect.

First nothing in social psych or sociology is actually causal. They are all review of statistics which are collected for various motives and purposes, many not linked too well. Causality aside one can still infer from groupings of statistical studies if one is careful (not science,but something that may be of practical use to those charged with tending the area).

Sorry about the link. here it is:Pornography, public acceptanceand sex related crime: A review http://image.sciencenet.cn/olddata/kexue.com.cn/upload/blog/file/2010/3/20103237373450098.pdf

Actually the child port study is quite good. It illustrates potential mechanisms and between experience and motivation between the criminal having used and the user having tendency for groups. If I were to make a causal point I'd say people have tendencies. Those who have tendencies are motivated to act based on video and text seen. Porn is a facilitator for those who harbor such desires. However we still don't know why people are biased to commit such acts. Suspect both gene and family, particularly, experience.

That third link supports my position!