...100328555 Critique- Violent Media is Good For Kids by Gerrard Jones In “Violent Media is Good for Kids” by Gerard Jones, Jones stated that violent media has a positive effect on children. Jones uses his own experience with his son and some other’s to show and support that violence is a good thing for kids. When a violent act occurs, the first thing people do is to place the blame on violent media; such as movies, television shows, video games, and comic books. People direct their attention to murderous, gruesome, horrific acts that occur in those types of media. They only want to blame certain media outlets because it is easier to find a reason. Gerrard Jones thinks quite the opposite. He tries to persuade the audience that in spite of all the people’s negative intensions about violent media and things they say about its effect on society, violent media is actually beneficial for the younger ones. His main argument to support his thesis is that violent media has certain benefits and positives that most people outlook. His thesis expresses that violent media is not a bad influence on children, but it does however; allow them to better express themselves. The purpose of his argument is to show the benefits of exposing our children to violent content. Violence helps mould children into an individual who can control their rage better and can even become well rounded individuals. He deems superheroes as acceptable forms of violence because they give kids the idea of powering through...
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...D.Ryan Murphy Response to "Violent media is good for kids?" by Gerard Jones "The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles". (M. Gandhi) I believe Gerard pleaded an outstanding case against popular media 'Not' completly tainting our youth. As a child, with separated parents, I also found myself absorbed by violent video games, angry music and a constant local news portrayal of chaotic world events. Subjection at a young age may desensitize or "harden" certain individuals. But the inspiration of random acts of violence seem to be a collection of several other determining factors. Environmental upbringing; parental status, economic status, politics, siblings (family size), and the ever increasing issue of 'mental infirmity'. Uncited estimates say, by age 11, children witness more than 100,00 acts of violence. They end up witnessing over 200,000 acts of violence by the time the child reaches 18 years of age. Recently, a longitudinal study performed by (parentstv.org) attest that teens who watched more than an hour of TV a day were almost 4 times as likely as other teens to commit aggressive acts in adulthood. Yet, I still agree with Jones. Human beings need healthy exposure to a complete image of what is happening on this planet. We need to understand the majesty 'and' the brutality of nature. The...
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...Prewriting Analysis and Evaluation 1-What is the author’s thesis? Gerard Jones’ thesis in his essay “Violent Media is Good for Kids” is that media violence is not necessarily harmful for children, in the contrary, it can help with certain problems. 2-What is the author’s purpose? The purpose of Jones’ essay is to persuade and the audience that is intended is for parents, guardians and teachers. 3-What is the author’s persona? The persona that Jones’ presented is ethos because he presented a trustworthy personality because he expresses his son’s experiences with violent media. He also presented evidence from a Ph.D. psychologist Melanie Moore about how this media helps children. Melanie tried to help to persuade readers by giving examples of...
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...christelle manga EN:102 Prof: davis slogan 02/26/16 Essay Words:487 “Violent Media is Good for Kids” Gerald Jones in his article, “violent media is good for kids” asserts that violent media is good for kids because it is not detrimental to kids rather it helps in character molding such as making them to be courageous, confident, self-esteem, and brave. Therefore, Jones believes that violent entertainment strengthens reason because of the way he grew up. Jones was sheltered from media, so he lived a passive type of life at his early age. The comic book his mother borrowed from Hulk violent character in the comic book helped him to overcome his fear. Just in the same way, I myself play video games, listen to explicit music, and enjoy watching TV. But I do this either to relieve stress, or just entertain myself. According to Jones, violent media often have positive effects on young kids because it can help them to draw out of emotional trouble and face some challenges in life. By showing the consequences of these violent acts, the media can show the kids the difference between real life. Jones discusses his personal experiences with children, especially his son and Emily. For example, his son was afraid to climb a tree, so Jones read the stories about Tarzan to his son which overcome him fears of climbing trees. In addition, he said that throughout the years, his son used the superheroes in films that he watched to overcome some challenges in his life. Jones second evidence...
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...Violent Media Isn’t All Bad A question that has been asked many times since the uprising of violence in media is this: is violence in media responsible for violent behavior in adolescence? But before we can even begin to answer that question, we have to establish some basic principles. By violent media, I mean television shows, movies, video games, etc. that contain violent material. While much of this content has warning signs and parental supervision recommended labels all over it, we all know that much of the time kids will get their hands (or in this case, feast their eyes) on all of this violent content regardless of said precautions. Now I’m going to come out right away and say that not only is that not necessarily a bad thing, but it can be a good thing. I for one know that violent media played a big role in my life and really helped mold me into who I am today and helped me develop friendships and relationships with people because of how the violent media brought us together, as well as reliving our everlasting thirst for violence as young boys growing up. And so while I definitely think that violent media can have an impact on impressionable kids and young adults, I definitely do not think that it is a main catalyst for violence. Violent media is not the main cause for violence because violent media is entertainment that relieves violence by letting people take out their aggression on the game rather than people in real life. Violence in media from when I was a kid...
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... Flared by uncontrollable violent emotions and encouraged by violent media, the violent killers have struck, taking many lives. Now, everyone will pay. In the Columbine shooting, the dangerous effects of the tons of violent media plastered everywhere is evident. The two horrible killers played countless hours of violent video games, leading them to the dreadful plotting of their extremely devastating shooting. When shooting occurred, it was clear from the guns they used to the strategies of killing they used where they obtained their inspiration from Their violent video games. Clearly, violence in the media does contribute to the violence in society. Since celebrities are very commonly idolized, it is very likely people will imitate their idols, even to the point of acting out violently. Mary Gavin admits, "Many violent acts are perpetrated by the "good guys" whom kids have been taught to emulate. Even though kids are taught by their parents that it isn't right to hit, television says it's okay to bite, kick, or hit if you're the "good guy."" Like Mary states, these violent acts are usually directed at the "bad guy," it is very easy to apply the "good guy's" solution to their own lives. When the solution that the "good guy" uses involves violent material, media consumers are encouraged to commit these violent acts themselves just because their role models say it is okay to. This greatly affects the role of violence in our society when these "good guys" start being compared...
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...In the article Violent Media Is Good for Kids, Gerard Jones argues that the right amount of violent media, although in a childish style, lets children express the anger they have in an appropriate media (Jones 201). Anger is a natural feeling that when expressed well can lead to positive change and development. On the other hand, anger that is pent up and not expressed properly is counterproductive and can lead to random acts of violence. Exposing children age appropriate violent media will cause them gain courage and route the anger they feel through the characters in comic books and on TV. Although occasionally helpful, anger is generally seen as negative. Because anger is generally considered negative, violent media, which is seen by some...
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...Looking On The Brighter Side Violent media is something some people believe causes violent impulses in humans. A lot of parents are against it and believe exposing it to children can be very harmful. They view it as the bad kid down the street that hopefully if they can keep their kid away from it, their child won’t turn out bad. This can be something very common in conservative homes. I believe people a very wrong view on violent media; such as video games, movies, comic books, and different kinds of music. More importantly, I believe it helps more people than it hurts. In an article Gerard Jones wrote, he states, “Then the Incredible Hulk smashed through it,” when describing a wall built between him and the crudest elements of American pop culture. He believes that media such as this plays an important role in helping kids express feelings they’re not used to. For example, kids are always taught to try to ignore their feelings like anger and rage, because they’re bad. Jones believes that violent media can be an outlet for kids to let those feelings on to. When you think about it, it makes sense. Humans are violent by nature. There’s a reason we’re on top of the food chain. However, when humans became civilized and created a relatively peaceful society, there was no need to be violent. Yet, some people still were. There is no denying that people have violent urges, but we’ve advanced enough to be able to control it. But sometimes when people get frustrated, it can feel like...
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...ENG 1101 April 10, 2012 Violent Media is Good for Kids Violence existed long before there was violent media. Equating media with behavior shows not only a severe ignorance of history but an ignorance of reality. Violence cannot be stopped as long as there are power inequalities, social hierarchies, as long as people can be hurt, broken or killed, there will be violence. Using media violence constructively and sensibly can provide support for a child's understanding of their anger and frustration. Many of us if not all must have watched some violent cartoons or movies at some point in our lives and even still play violent video games in our homes. But what some people seem to overlook is that most, if not all violent cartoons end with positive feedback. Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z, Yu-Gi-Oh, Superman, Batman, and many other more all lead up to the defeat of the bad guy who is trying to destroy the world. In every episode, they encounter a new obstacle in which they must defeat in battle in order to save mankind through violence. The threat is eliminated so that life may go on normally; showing kids that good always triumph over evil. Jonathan Freedman in his book "Media Violence Does Not Cause Aggressive Behavior in Children" argues that despite a report from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on the causal link between media violence and aggressive human behavior, there is no scientific evidence that viewing violence on television...
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...Running head: Reduce the marketing of violent toys, games and entertainment to children. Position paper : Reduce the marketing of violent toys, games and entertainment to children. DeVry University Engl-112-61206: Composition Professor: Jamie Pacton Student: Valeriya Zakreski Violence is a physical action to injure people or property. We can read a lot of information and watch news about violence. We can say that violence is a part of our life and he human condition. But the worst fact that today, our children are involved to this part of human condition. From child abuse to murder, to school-yard bullying, violence takes its toll, often with children being the innocent. But what can cause the violence between the children? Today we can hear a lot of information about it, as: toy guns and video games affect on the children’s health and behavior, violent homes lead children to the crime. “More than 1,000 studies on the effects of television and film violence have been done over the past 40 years. The majority of these studies reach the same conclusion: television and film violence leads to real-world violence. By age 18 an American child will have seen 16,000 simulated murders and 200,000 acts of violence.” Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Utah, Chairman Committee on the Judiciary. September 14,1999. Children, Violence, And the Media. A report for Parents and Policy...
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...Violent Video Games August 2, 2014 English Composition Do violent video games led to children having more violence in their lives, and their behaviors? Since the “Grand Theft Auto” games have come out many more kids are getting into trouble for crimes that they shouldn’t. Many kids these days are playing video games to stay out of their parents’ way and to keep them entertained for the summer while there is no school. “Since 2008 they are estimated to be playing at least 13.2 hours a week.” (http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/video-game-violence.htm) That sure is a lot of time on playing video games. As the level of violence in the video games is getting worse so are the children’s attitudes and behaviors. Children and violent video games are not a good combination; the more a kid plays violent video games the more their way of getting their anxiety out turns to attacking something instead of throwing a fit. According to the American Psychological Association violent video games can increase the children’s aggression. Also, violent video games do not teach children moral consequences, for example while playing these games if you shoot someone you do not go to jail ( like in real life ) you get extra points in the games. Come to find out it’s not just children that we need to be concerned about, teenagers also. Teenagers are at their growing points. Part of playing these games is for kids to learn and improve their manual dexterity and computer literacy. But with all...
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...Media Violence Essay Media Violence has been around for many years. Shakespeare wrote detailed gruesome plays but they were beautiful and entertaining. Media Violence has been said to have been persuading our society, but mainly the children to commit violent acts in the world. Many people are concerned because they believe that violent media is the main factor that is making people commit violent crimes, like killing other people. An example of violent media persuading a child to commit a murder would be in the recent theater shooting in Colorado, it was reported that the young man who committed the murders was persuaded by a character in the infamous Batman show called the joker. Therefore the media has been attacked by angry viewers so, the ACLU has been steadily defending the media because they deserve the freedom of speech and also the freedom to create anything they feel would be entertaining to their audience as long as it doesn’t immediately make the audience to actually want to commit the crime. The media which has violence in it, has been fighting many lawsuits because people believe the violent media is a main cause why violence is being created in this world, even though our violence rate isn’t increasing. It doesn’t make sense to blame the violent media yet the parents are the main ones responsible for having control over what their own kids get to actually watch. People can’t control the media but they have control of how to raise their kids and how to teach children...
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...How TV Affects Your Child Most kids plug into the world of television long before they enter school. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF): * two-thirds of infants and toddlers watch a screen an average of 2 hours a day * kids under age 6 watch an average of about 2 hours of screen media a day, primarily TV and videos or DVDs * kids and teens 8 to 18 years spend nearly 4 hours a day in front of a TV screen and almost 2 additional hours on the computer (outside of schoolwork) and playing video games The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that kids under 2 years old not watch any TV and that those older than 2 watch no more than 1 to 2 hours a day of quality programming. The first 2 years of life are considered a critical time for brain development. TV and other electronic media can get in the way of exploring, playing, and interacting with parents and others, which encourages learning and healthy physical and social development. As kids get older, too much screen time can interfere with activities such as being physically active, reading, doing homework, playing with friends, and spending time with family. Of course, TV in moderation can be a good thing: Preschoolers can get help learning the alphabet on public television, grade schoolers can learn about wildlife on nature shows, and parents can keep up with current events on the evening news. No doubt about it — TV can be an excellent educator and entertainer. Still, too much TV can...
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...Violence to Kids Jeremy Eisnor ITT Online Written Analysis January 9, 2015 Abstract It is said that video game makers advertise their violent games, to young children and that that leads to violence among the youth. I believe that companies market their games in general, and when it comes to ones deemed violent, they are careful not to market to children. I also believe the games cannot be blamed for the children being violent. I play violent video games and so does my son, and we are the least violent people you will ever meet. At some point we as parents have to stop blaming games, movies, TV, or any other type of media for the violent actions of our kids. Marketing is everywhere, and no matter how well you control it, kids will see it, especially in this day and age of information. My son and I play video games all the time and some of our favorite are the ones considered violent. The Grand Theft Auto series of games are some of the best if you like video games. It isn’t the best because of the violence but because the content of the game and what you’re allowed to do. You can roam free in this world and explore things and basically do things as you want or you can do specific missions. We will continue to play these games and if they are violent then so be it. We are with the majority of people who understand these are just games and they do not makes us any more violent then we already want to be. The truth is we give our kids access to...
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...Videogames have been accused of social aggression since the 90’s. As many as 97% of United States kids ages 12 to 17 play videogames and more than half of the 50 top-selling videogames contain violence. People claim that they are source where killers are inspired to do what they do, and therefore they must be banned and forgotten. This is a controversial topic given that some people say that there is more to it than people think about, and there is some others that directly blame videogames for all mass shootings in the country. Violent videogames should not be consider to contribute to youth’s aggression and violence. Videogames should not be banned because they are believe to desensitize players to real life violence, perpetrators of mass shootings played violent games, and because...
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