Violence_Depicted_In_Cartoons_Is_Harmful_To_Children

Violence Depicted In Cartoons Is Harmful To Children Violence Depicted in Cartoons is Harmful to Children Can children learn aggressive behavior by watching violent acts in cartoons' When TV violence is portrayed as funny, can it have harmful effects on children' Are violent cartoons okay for children of all ages' There has been a definite increase in violent acts committed by young people (over the past XX years). All one has to do is turn on the evening news or pick up the Sunday newspaper to learn about the recent school shootings and the increasing rate of youth homicides among young people to acknowledge the trend. Although the causes of youth violence are multifactorial, violence depicted in cartoons is harmful, and can lead to violent behavior. The public often misunderstands the research that has been performed on media violence ('''). There is no way to randomly assign children to watch violent TV programs at an early age, and then years later see which children commit violent acts. This type of limitation is also true for many other industries in which valuable research is desirable. What is ultimately desired is whether there is a correlation between television viewing and violent behavior. children, violence, violent, cartoons, watching, television, acts, young, cartoon, behavior, watch, time, show, per, one, american, very, studies, spent, problem, people, hero, among, youth, years, week, villain, tv, seen, really, programs, positive, parents, media, increase