Self-study
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Summarize Argument
Jane argues violence among teenagers shouldn’t be shown in movies and on television, at least not in shows for young people. Why not? Because movies and television programs are influential, and many currently show violence among teenagers, meaning those programs likely cause young people to act violently.
Notable Assumptions
Jane assumes influential media containing violence between teenagers cause young people to act violently. This means assuming that young people are exposed to the violent depictions of teenagers and that those depictions have an impact on their behavior.
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This is irrelevant. Jane believes depictions of violence among teenagers in particular influence young people, so the most violent characters being adults doesn’t matter to her argument.
b
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This strengthens Jane’s argument because it suggests that curbing violence between teenagers on shows marketed towards young people will have an effect on their behavior.
c
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This is irrelevant. Jane doesn’t claim prohibiting violent depictions will be easy, or even possible. Some people may resist such a ban, but that wouldn’t affect her conclusion, which is a value judgment.
d
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This weakens Jane’s argument. It suggests violence shown in movies doesn’t cause much of the violence perpetrated by young people.
e
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This doesn’t mean the ban Jane’s advocating already exists, in whole or in part. There’s no indication such producers make shows meant for young people or that they exclude violence among teenagers from those shows.