s, such as being a victim of aids or the brother of a rapist. “The stigma becomes a persons master status, defining him or her as deviant.” (Pg, 127-128)This concept is related to the article, for it shows how young youth is being influenced by violence in the media, and in result of that the youth becomes deviant. The term deviance refers to any violation of norms, whether the violation is as minor as jaywalking, or as serious as a murder. In this article the violations that are looked upon are very serious, especially because young youth are the ones who are involved in it. This article states many cases where youth have shown deviant behavior. Who can forget the two teens that walked into a suburban high school outside of Denver Colorado and intentionally killing their classmates and teachers. “On the anniversary of Hitler’s birthday, they sprayed bullets, laughing and giggling as bodies fell to the ground as if the shocking reality of murder was being fictionalized in their minds.”(“The Killing Game”) Paul Klite, executive director of Denver-based Rocky Mountain Media Watch, agency that monitors media violence asks, “Where did these kids get the idea to shoot their classmates? They didn’t come up with that themselves. They’re conditioned. They’ve been taught.”(“The Killing Game”) “ Many of Americas pubescent killers have been described by criminologists and psychologists as intelligent, socially isolated, fascinated with alternative culture and avid students of violent movies, the Internet and computer games.”(“The Killing Game”) The message we get from a lot of media today, that overpowering someone else brings you respect and control. In result of that, young youth begin to form their own isolated society and violate the norms of the existing society. They become deviant....
