Media Influences on Youth ViolenceAt a time when people of my generation should be focusing on prom, graduation, and what's the coolest color we can color our hair without being suspended from school, it is It is truly disheartening that a topic such as the influence of media on youth violence is the subject of such amount of research available. The fact that we are often inundated with images of violence and countless examples of young adults' inability to resolve conflicts without resorting to violence supports the position that our culture among young adults is centered on violence. This culture of violence is not only fueled by media influences, but also, on a certain level, some would say, even encouraged by the images we see on television or the lyrics we hear in our songs. For example, consider the following lyrics from a popular hip hop song: “two glock 40s, now you got 80 problems”; although clever and obviously representative of a very intelligent author, the sole purpose of the lyrics is to promote and advocate for the use of violence in everyday life. And we often have to wonder what effect lyrics like this have on young people who are not yet mature enough to recognize that lyrics like the one above are simply designed to entertain. In this article, we will present arguments about how social media, hip hop music, and television each independently foster and promote a culture of youth violence. Cyberbullying is defined as bullying that takes place using electronic technology. Electronic technology includes devices and equipment such as cell phones, computers and tablets, as well as communication tools including social media, sites, text messages, chat and websites (What is what cyberbullying). Accordi...... middle of paper ......e missions. The large amount of weapons and aggression in the game makes young people violent and impacts the lives of young people today. In conclusion, we provide evidence that arguments about how social media, hip-hop music, and television each independently foster and promote a culture of youth violence. This is proven by the way social media can provoke conflict, by hip-hop's depiction of women, and even by the way a simple video game can persuade young people to commit wrongdoing. Although the scientific debate over whether media violence increases aggression and violence is essentially over, several crucial tasks remain to be accomplished. Additional laboratory and field studies are needed for a better understanding of the underlying psychological processes, which should eventually lead to more effective interventions, such as helping young people, or better yet, understanding them..