Media Violence - Cartoon Violence and Violent Children :: Argumentative Persuasive Topics

Cartoon Violence and Violent Children   With the recent outgrowth in violent crimes pull outted by children, adults flummox been looking for answers to what causes children to commit these acts. Researchers have performed formal studies, and other approaches have been taken to answer the question. Their ideas and perceptions have strayed far and wide, looking for a qualified answer genius such answer of the many they have uncovered is telecasting, tho especially tv set geared towards children cartoons and animation. In recent years, animation has taken a more openly violent twist during the same time period that the uncommon and varied forms of Japanese animation have come to America twain have raised many parents eyebrows as articles and media coverage portray both, but especially Japanese animation, in a harsh and unfair light, delineation all series and movies as violent and only fit for vaned audiences. The adults perception of animation varies greatly from the childrens perception, as many factors, such as media depictions, personal opinions, and even the standards of cultures, come into play on the decision of what is suitable for younger viewers.        While it is not the first medium ever to purge violence for entertainment, boob tube has certainly been the most notorious. However, television stations do not air violence because they want to. They air it because that is what sells. The blame is upon ourselves for the self-aggrandizing volume of violence, since they are merely responding to what we want (Kim). This love for violence has filtered into closely every television show aired currently. Virtually every television station airs shows, either live action or animated, that train the characters fighting, arguing, or just acting in a malevolent mien towards something or somebody else. The news always carries stories of what crimes have been committed during the day, daylight talk shows and soap operas often involve fighting and conflict, and even childrens television is starting to take a more serious, mature twist in its presentations. Shows such as the live action series Mighty Morphin designer Rangers have been called into question because of the numerous fight scenes and injuries that they depict however, Power Rangers is one show that does provide a message to children at the end, informing them that the fighting is not real and that they should not imitate the Power Rangers.        Despite this warning, children do imitate their heroes, hoping to emulate them and be able to stand as inexpugnable and powerful as they do.