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violence television and children

s show the victim going unharmed, especially in many cartoons. Many cartoons are the most that contain violence, many of the cartoons show bowled over by another character and they get back up without being harmed and children begin to believe that violence doesn’t really hurt others. Still, children see many actors and the stories that is not true at all, but on the other hand, young viewers still believe in the Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, and Santa Claus which all it seems to pretend that is magic and not real in life.Many cartoons that are corrupted are intended for comic effect, cute graphics, and most of them are colorful, and all of them are with music, whose influence on children’s view and that is why they like the programs that they are watching. “It may desensitize kids so much they think it’s OK and no big deal for somebody to be smacked in the head with a hammer,” (Quill, 1978, p.158). Viewers, however; could learn aggressive attitudes and behavior from watching violence, become desensitized to the seriousness of violence, and become afraid of becoming a victim of real life violence.Since many researchers have found that 60% of sampled programs which contained violent scenes and would increase the negative effects on viewers, especially on young children. More than one third of violent scenes on television featured bad actors and characters who were never punished, and most of them showed no guilt or penalty at the time violence occurred, most of scenes that are violent shows humor, accidents, violent incidents and sexuality; that is why there is more disturbing for young viewers that violence was prepared by attractive hero role models and can destroy a child’s mind.This issue of violence, which media have the greatest impact on many people is not only on television, many children today may be more influenced by video games and computer games at home and they can become less sensitive ...

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