YOUCAT on Media

[Person456]

My YOUCAT says “Many people, especially children, think that whatever they see in the media is real. If in the name of entertainment violence is glorified, anti-social behavior is approved of, and human sexuality is trivialized, this is a sin both of those in the media who are responsible and also of those supervisory authorities that ought to put a stop to it.” So does this mean video games that use “kills” or “eliminations” as scores are sinful? Or does it mean things that promote violence in real life? Source:Ignatius Press. Youcat English: Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church. Vol. 1, Ignatius Press, 2011

 

[TheLittleLady]

You can find experts on both sides, however, to me it makes sense that the more ambivalent we become to death, the more nihilistic our world becomes.

Used to be that kids were exposed to real death, no one hid them away when Granny died or when their dog died…

Now, people go into adulthood having never attended a funeral yet they can kill people all night long on their phone and then they go shoot up the school.

Protecting children from the dangers of virtual violence - Harvard Health