... who watched nonviolent shows. Children, who watched the violent shows were more likely to strike out at playmates, argue, disobey authority and were less willing to wait for things than those children who watched nonviolent programs (Television 2). Studies have found gender differences in cartoons. Boys watch more television than girls during childhood. This usually occurs because most programming ... for children is aimed at young boys. This is accomplished by offering a wide variety of action, adventure, or violent programs. Boys are also more attentive than girls when watching cartoon...

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... . Today we have more than forty studies that have been done by scientists to show that seventy-three percent of individuals who commit crimes in cartoons and children's shows go unpunished in violent scenes( Carter & Strickland 1996, pg . 2). Some of the most popular children's shows are Power Rangers, Pokemon, Spiderman, and Batman. Children before completing elementary school will witness 8,000 murders (Erwin,1997 ... they graduate from high school. Often these images will stay with them for the rest of their lives and will carry on when they are parents. A study was performed over a s...

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