My Research Project - Desentization

For my research project, I have decided to look into the theory of desentization in the media today. The media text I have decided to focus upon are horror films, for example, I will look at both modern horror films, such as 'Saw' and 'Hostel' and compare them to older horror films, such as 'The Wolf Man' and 'Nosferatu'. I will compare the change in audiences reaction towards violence and explore how repeated exposure to violence has caused a lack of concern, empathy or sympathy for the victim, therefore causing desentization within the media today.