Media Violence and Power in Suzanne Collin's Hunger Games Trilogy. On The Hunger Games and the Media in American Society

Abstract: Suzanne Collin's young adult novels of The Hunger Games trilogy present a dystopian adventure tale through the eyes of a teenage girl. The novels lift several topics such as the media spectacle, totalitarian government, and class differences. The aim of this essay is to investigate violence, reality television and media power in The Hunger Games trilogy to see whether the books criticize contemporary American media or not. Critical sources on violence and media are brought in to contrast and compare the dystopian society of Panem with contemporary America, focusing on the media. The essay shows that the books criticize the excessive use of violence on television in America and raise awareness of the power that the media can have.