Violence in the media and its effects on young people“The more children see violence, the more insensitive they are to the deadly consequences of violence. Today, video games like "Mortal Kombat," "Killer Instinct" and "Doom," the very game played obsessively by the two young men who ended so many lives in Littleton, are turning our children into participants more active in simulated violence. Quotes: Violence in the media). These are the words of former President Bill Clinton, just days after the tragic Columbine High School shooting in Littleton, Colorado. The shooters, seniors Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, aged 18 and 17 respectively, murdered 13 people and seriously injured 23 others before turning their guns on themselves (Anderson and Bushman 353). It is believed that they both enjoyed playing the video game "Doom" and created a setting for filming that rather resembled the game. This sparked a debate about media violence and its effects on children and young people of today. The idea that media violence has potentially harmful effects has been analyzed for quite a long time, and much agreement has been reached on many of the issues it raises. It is not only violent video games that have effects on children, but also any type of violent media, such as television, news, books, music and others. The average young person will have seen around 200,000 acts of violence on television alone, by the age of 18 (“Violence in the media”). Media violence leads to violence among today's youth by increasing their aggressive behavior, affecting their cognition, and decreasing their prosocial behavior. Media violence increases aggressive behavior among young people. Of all the research done on media violence and its effects on young people, there has been...... middle of article....../study.pdf>.Berger, Gilda. “Television and violence”. Violence and the media. New York: F. Watts, 1989. .Print. Huesmann, L. and Jessica Moise-Titus. "Longitudinal relationships between children's exposure to television violence and their aggressive and violent behavior as adults: 1977-1992." Developmental psychology. American Psychological Association, Inc. January 1, 2003. Web. April 5, 2014. Huesmann, L. and Laramie Taylor. “The role of media violence in violent behavior”. Annual Public Health Reviews. Annual Reviews, January 1, 2006. Web. April 4, 2014. “Violence in the media.” Media violence. American Academy of Pediatrics, October 19, 2009. Web. April 5. 2014. .