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This past week in class, we discussed the effects of violent media. I'm pretty sure my husband feels like he's taking this class right alongside me because every day after class I become a jabber-box about what we learned and can't stop explaining to him the crazy things we discuss. I just find it all so interesting! Anyway, we watched Troy (an edited version) with some friends this past weekend because my husband just read the Iliad and was really interested in the story. I found myself more effected by the violence in the movie than I typically would be just because my senses were heightened to the negative effects of violent media after our class. I'm definitely more inclined now to be an ACTIVE consumer of media and be selective about what I watch/consume as I now know that it does indeed affect us--whether we think so or not!

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