Cartoons cause violence

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For decades cartoons have been a primary part of life of children and their families, but could the colorful, fun loving, silly characters and plot be bad for a child’s behavior. It seems that pass the pointless plot that a cartoon has it bring with it a very dark world that takes a hold of a child’s mind to make it seem the world is all about violence and it’s okay to be violent. If one would really look at a cartoon one could see that it can get violent and graphic, so why are some parents shocked to see children behaving like a troll. The world of fiction that is drawn to appease families which this world shows an absent of death and danger to all that is made in that world, which is very bad thing for children because it makes them think the world ca not harm them when it can cause a great deal of harm to them. Cartoon has been studied and with the information given it has been connected to the violent behavior in young children.
Researches from vagaries universities have come to a point in which all their work has led to a conclusion that cartoons triggers a violent increase in child’s behavior. A child generally watches about 18,000 hours of television from the start of school to graduation, which effects the mental and psychological of a child. The fact that television itself has a strong hold on everybody’s life and the children of families are very vulnerable to the ill effects of the fake world cartoons bring. (C.J.Choma, Stevie Hosster, Rober Lue, Divia Nelson, Shawnte Ray, Ben Wilcox, Brandon Ybarra, and Dr.Louisa, 2004). The absent of death and harm in the world of make believe can lead up to children being confused on what is real and what is fake because through their eyes the character and world in the pre...

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...ildren do seem to act a bit more aggressive which can be traced to violent cartoons that people have watched for years in their youth. There are some people out there that can back up cartoons as nonviolent and harmless, so it may not be a easy topic to discuss because some of these are a bit tricky to get around and do bring up some good reason. Detailed facts are what makes up the truth behind such statements and with detailed facts comes research which will either favor or hurt one’s opinions. The facts stated and the studies provided makes it clear that violence is in cartoons, but it may not always be on purpose because society is bit hard to please and violence seems to satisfy their hunger for entrainment. The fun loving shows on TV that are colorful and fake does bring out violence in children and parents need to watch what the show is all about.

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