The Impact of American Action Movies on American Adolescents

Abstract

This research is an attempt to find and prove how being addicted to watching action movies and watching graphic violence in general, would affect the behavior of adolescents. Starting with the first intentions of creating moving pictures, and reaching the latest movie technologies used in Hollywood studios, besides the mention of the main and sub-film genres, then, exposing the studies conducted to confirm the impact of media in creating behavioral changes in the attitudes of adolescents. Also, this research demonstrates the psychologies that allow media violence to affects the lives of adolescents, and explain the main strategies that are used the parents, to reduce the negative impact of media on their children.