Cartoon Violence - 880 Words

Cartoons on a television are glue to children. Children will spend hours a day watching their favorite cartoons, such as â€Å"SpongeBob SquarePants† or â€Å"Adventure Time.† Unfortunately, the content on these shows, and several others, can harm children. Directly, cartoons can affect how children think and act; additionally, this leads to the indirect effect of children physically hurting one another. Children daily see hundreds of violent acts on television. Most parents notice the obvious acts of gore and try to avoid those types of shows; however, what parents do not realize is that cartoons contain just as much, if not more, violence per episode. When parents see shows such as â€Å"SpongeBob SquarePants,† for example, they seem more comical†¦show more content†¦Therefore, the children that do become used to the violence do not realize how much they are absorbing, and are thus more likely to keep watching and increase the damage already inflicted onto their minds. Additionally, younger children who watch violent cartoons tend to believe they can mimic what is on screen. A news story in China where children attempted to mimic their favorite cartoon with near fatal consequences reads: â€Å"The Li brothers’ tragedy began one fine April afternoon with a bit of play-acting. When 10-year-old Shun Shun ran into eight-year-old Li Haoran and his little brother Li Hao, four, just outside of their village of Mawang, near Lianyungang in Jiangsu province, the three friends decided to play a game. They would act out the big wolf roasting the lamb – an idea the boys later said they got from the popular children’s television series Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf. Taking the role of wolf, Shun Shun used some scrap cloth he found nearby to tie the two brothers to a tree. After piling some dried leaves around their feet, he set it alight. Within minutes, strong gusts of wind blew the fire out of control. The terrified Shun Shun ran away, leaving the Li boys screaming for help. A passing villager heard their cries and rushed to help. But by the time flames were put out, the brothers were severely burned. The boys were rushed to the county hospital and transfe rred on the same night to a city hospital, which had better facilities. For a month, itShow MoreRelatedHow Cartoon Violence Effect The Youth As An Audience?853 Words   |  4 PagesEric Marinello COMM 2500 12-4-15 Three-Part Research Project Part I: Research Question: How does cartoon violence effect the youth as an audience? Work Cited Coyne, Sarah M., and Emily Whitehead. Indirect Aggression In Animated Disney Films. Journal Of Communication 58.2 (2008): 382-395. Film Television Literature Index. Web. 27 Oct. 2015. Kirsh, Steven J., and Paul V. Olczak. Violent Comic Books And Perceptions Of Ambiguous Provocation Situations. Media Psychology 2.1 (2000): 47-62. 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