Media Effects - A Clockwork Orange

In her article, Theresa Cronin states, "concern about the suitability of
certain media forms has increasingly become less a question of the text's
intrinsic qualities of indecency and/or offensiveness and more a question
of the text's assumed effect upon the spectator."

An interesting case study is Stanley Kubrick's film A Clockwork Orange.
After its release, the film was blamed for being a motivating factor in a
few crimes committed by young males. In particular, a 16 year old from
Buckinghamshire, England was said to have the film in mind during the
fatal beating of an elderly homeless man. According to the London Times,
the defense attorney stated, "The link between this crime and sensational
literature, particularly A Clockwork Orange, is established beyond any
reasonable doubt."

Jose Guerrero