It is widely thought that sharing news on TV, newspapers or other media resources may cause people to fear in the outter world and similarly might provoce criminals to commit crimes, and it leads the society to the thought of whether it should be errased from a public eye. To my mind the effect of such content is a significant impact on people’s well-being and I agree on limiting or even banning these news in the media.
First of all, not every individual is ready to see or listen to the violent content since their empathy, imagination and fear of living among the criminals they hear about. Empathetic people start putting themselves into victims’ shoes, creating the pictures of severe crimes, that they had just read about, with their relatives, friends and family members. Moreover after the news of crimes commited in the neighbourhood or the area next to it is usually seen the quiet period when habitants prefer not to go out for walks, grocery or even commuting to work and prefer doing tasks remotely until the guilty is found. The tense between people where everybody suspects each other after accidents usually tend to increase and disturb the balance, efficiency and on top of that reduces trust to other individuals, leading to anxiety and inability to live calmly.
Second of all, mentally ill individuals while reading the content may come to the thought of repeating it, in order to gain some publicity, or will get inspired by others’ actions. Not only severe crimes are happened worldwidely but also minor, such as pickpocketing, mugging, shoplifting and vandalism. Speaking of last, criminals are not only adults, there are adolescents who want to be respected in their inner circles but percieve this term differently. Reading about crimes commitments teenagers may get with the obsessed idea of, for instance, painting the monument the same way the person from the news did and, consequently, gain the same amount of so-called fame.
To sum everything up, banning the crime content may reduce the number of it happening around, and protect the most vulnerable layers of the society. It can decrease stress level and improve the trust to the outside world, so I strongly agree with the suggestion of prohibition.