Do shocking images lead to positive or negative social outcomes?

I think that shocking images can have both a positive and negative influence on society. Shocking images can be positive when trying to promote a good cause such as aid to the areas in disaster and the ASPCA. Organizations such as these use guilt to influence people to give money to their cause. They show images of people and animals that are weak, hungry, living in squalor, and often crying to bring people who are well fed sitting in their warm homes to come out of their comfort zone and give money they may not have otherwise given. On the other hand I think videogames, television, and, magazines can have negative images portrayed onto people. Games such as Grand Theft Auto show violent, gory, and sexual images that would even be racy for a rated R movie. Children often get ahold of these games and see things that are not age appropriate for them. There has even been talk that violent images in these games causes kids to be even more violent to one another. Just recently a young ten year old girl was featured in vogue magazine posing in very sexual and adult ways. These images have surprised many people and outraged many parents claiming that vogue has taken it too far. I also agree that these images (however eye catching) are very inappropriate. This can only give young girls the wrong idea of beauty. From seeing these photos other ten year olds will believe that this is how a normal girl is supposed to look and that their image isn't "perfect" enough.