First of all, comics play an important role in the promotion of Media Violence. The comics were universally condemned. They were badly produced, on poor paper with cheap print. They were full of sadistic violence, horrific obsession with death, lustful representations of women. They showed crime in a glamorous light. Nothing was sacred, everything was corrupt. They could do, must do real damage to their young readers. It was an act of simple morality to stop these fly-by-night publishers (Barrat 3). For a naïve person, whatever the comic depicts is accepted as normal and may be copied. One reads “Superman” and sees that he throws punches at the villain and so he or she, without realizing it, has already absorbed Superman’s heroic acts into his or

Also, extensive television viewing promotes violence in many ways. Nowadays, most of the parents for school going children are working around the clock to meet the demands of life. Their parents seldom have the time to care for their children. Therefore, they are often left alone in the house and spend their time watching television. The television shows whether it is a movie or a cartoon program poses a lot of treat to them. The children are likely to find themselves being influenced by media violence, without knowing it. They learn their behavior from the Television instead of parents. Sometimes, watching a single violent program can increase aggressiveness. They think that it is “cool” being aggressive just because the television says so. In other words, they do not have the power to distinguish what is good or bad for them. Children, who view cartoon shows, in which violence is very realistic, are more likely to imitate what they see. This is the belief that the media have almost magical powers to alter the ideas and behavior of their audience and the minds of individuals who are powerless to resist. Gradually, they will accept violence as a way to solve problems because he or she views shows whereby problems are settled through violence. Some of the shows portray violence, such as Power Rangers, whereby the good always defeat the evil by means of killing each other. However, extensive viewing of television violence by pe

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