The first article was about violence in video games and its effect on user's aggression. This first article was written very factual with a lot of references, data sets, and varying research findings. It was written like a thesis with a compilation of facts and evidence. Its main points were that many researchers found that people, especially boys, who used violent video games were more likely to have aggressive behavior. The writer described the three different types of experiments and how to conduct each kind to observe the violence effects. I learned more substantial evidence to something I already had a bit of an idea about through graphs and examples of experiments but it was not a piece I would read "just for fun," considering I'm not a big "gamer."

The second article was about whether or not the media was to blame for some of the terrible things that have happened in our world, particularly Columbine. It was written by Marilyn Manson which I think is just interesting and I like the way he writes. He writes very conversational, even swearing at times. His main points include the fact that though there is tons of violence portrayed in our everyday life, it is ultimately the free will of the person that causes such horrific acts to occur. The world today tends to blame everything on everyone else; anyone who may be different from the norm. The people who are just simply different from everyone else are often misunderstood like the example he gave with people interpreting his songs incorrectly. I really enjoyed this piece because I think he makes a good point and I really enjoy how he writes.

The last article was about movie violence and its association with gun violence. It was written like a typical news story that was interesting to read but still factual. It had quotes from Harvey Weinstein and his funding for violent films including Quentin Tarantino's films such as Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and Django Unchained. The writer discussed that though gun sales are up, gun violence is down. He also points out that we really don't know too much information on violence in TV/movies because there tend to be so many outside factors to violent events. I liked this piece mostly because Quentin Tarantino is my favorite. I feel as though his movies are pretty violent but you never get the sense that it is doing so in a bad light. The blood in Reservoir Dogs is about the shade of a red flower, not too realistic, and all a bit in satire. Also, I liked the point that violence in the media is a two-way street. They create it because we, as a public, ask for it.

My favorite article was the second one because I really enjoyed how real Marilyn Manson's writing was. I think he makes a very valid point about the fact that we can't always blame sad events on the media because we have always had violent events, pre-iPhones, TV's, everything. I thought the first article was written like a scientific display of information, the second was written as an opinion article, and the third was written more as a current events article.