The Saturday Morning Massacres
Saturday mornings have become a popular day for crimes. Last Saturday a boy named Kenny died, a coyote tried to kill a roadrunner, and an inspector blew up his boss. These Saturday morning massacres are not taking place on the streets, but in our television sets. It is called entertainment for young children. Many shows, especially cartoons, geared towards children center around violence. "The Simpsons," "South Park," "Power Rangers," and "X-Men" all glorify violence. Even simple shows such as "Bugs Bunny," and "Tom and Jerry" center around violence. America's best babysitter is becoming a place for children to learn about the thrill of violence rather than the consequences of it. Ironically, violence seems to be diminishing on primetime television. According to the Federal Trade Commission, "5-6 violent acts occur per hour on prime time, with 20-25 acts an hour on children's programming" ("Tune Out the Violence" 2). Today, cartoons have become thirty-minute violence segments on television. This causes children to take violence lightly, and it misleads children about true heroes. This violence should not exist in the great extent that it does. The recent explosion of violence in cartoon
Cartoons not only cause children to become careless with their actions, but they also confuse real heroes with cartoon characters. Heroes in cartoons are characters such as the Ninja Turtles, the Power Rangers, and Inspector Gadget. These "heroes" kill people, hurt people, and explode things to save the day. The Power Rangers are especially violent heroes. In every episode they kill people or destroy things, and then they are applauded because they "saved the day." These are not only children's heroes, they are children's role models. These role models are teaching children that if they kill people or hurt people, then they will become heroes. True heroes do not participate in these actions to "save the day." This type of violence may be so far-fetched that children do not take it seriously, but it really does not play a major role in violence on cartoons today, because very few shows use comedic violence anymore. Though some violence in the media is unavoidable, it can and should be reduced.
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Sesame Street,
Habitat Humanity,
Power Rangers,
Wiley Coyote,
Tune Violence,
Morning Massacres,
Road Runner,
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federal trade commission,
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