This afternoon, I watched two children's television shows. I watched Scooby-Doo on the Cartoon Network, and Arthur on PBS. After carefully reviewing these shows, it's quite funny when you really notice the stereotypes that are exposed in cartoons. For example, in Scooby-Doo, the first thing that you notice immediately is the way the women characters are dressed. Daphne, is supposed to be the more attractive girl on the show and in this particular episode she was wearing a bikini with a sarong tied around her waist. Her stomach was flat, and she had long, flowing red hair. On the other hand, Velma, was intended to be more smart than beautiful. Therefore she wears a long sleeved shirt although it's depicted on a beach, thick glasses and a skirt with bobby socks. Her hair is not styled very pretty, it looks as if it was cut with a bowl on top of her head. These girls are always in the same predicaments no matter what episode you watch; Daphne is always the damsel in distress, and Velma says "Jinkies" and comes up with a clever solution for the crime committed. The males in the cartoon are also stereotyped as well. Fred, the so-called leader of the bunch, is a blonde haired muscular guy who always has to "save" Daphne. He commands the team with his Velma-inspired knowledge, and he always splits them with himself and the two girls while Shaggy and the Scooby the dog must venture off alone. Shaggy is considered the grungy type who does not be eat, sleep, and stay horrified of everything and anything that comes toward him. He's quite unkempt, and he cares for Scooby-Doo, his dog. Overall, they use their skills or in the case of Scooby-Doo and Shaggy lack thereof to solve mysteries. 95% of the time Velma solves the mystery, and everyone puts in their $.02 to help her theory out. It's a cute show, but now that I"m an adult I find it to be very elementary.
PBS" show Arthur, is in fact very different from Scooby-Doo.
The Harm of the TV Addiction In the article "TV Addiction" Marie Winn reflects only one side of the people's problem who are addictive to TV- waste of time. ... What is so great about TV? ... TV gives a false image of life. ... They all wish to look like TV models. ... We don't read books as much as we watch TV, especially kids. ...
D. and others, of the University of Michingan, here in this investigation they concluded that the group of people who watched a lot of TV as children, were more likely to have aggressive behavior with the people on their surrounding, such as wife and kids. ... It is also said in this books, that when children do homework in front of the TV, the quality of it tends to suffer. ... Here we can see how TV clearly affects social skills of kids. ... TV does not support a healthy brain development, which requires kids to explore and interact with other persons and this is being replaced. ... Iman Sha...
And watching TV became the most covinient way, people can get the "unearned" experience from it. ... Illusions from unearned experiences don't lead a kid to make wrong decision once they grow up. ... Hamill's view completely denies the benefits that TV makes to the society. ... Teenagers who treat TV as a source of entertainment lose themselves in TV world. We cannot account this as a problem caused by TV; it is just due to those teenagers use TV in a wrong way. ...
For example, in the article, A Kick in the Head, "James Walsh tells about a Swedish satellite TV network that stopped the children's TV series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers after a five-year-old girl was beaten senseless by three small boys and froze to death (1)." Furthermore, The Coalition for Responsible TV's Patricia Herdman states, "Elementary school children don't have aliens to kick-box, so kids practice on playmates instead (unknown)." ... For example, according to Ronald Slaby in "Closing the Gap on TV's "Entertainment" Violence," "The research demonstrates that TV ...
Many of these programs, such as Bugs Bunny and Pals and Tom & Jerry Kids seems to contain more violence than some adult programs. ... TV violence often misleads young people. ... Violence is everywhere on TV. ... Violent scenes on TV probably less evoke children who watch a lot of TV than those who watch less TV. ... In conclusion, TV violence has become so common parents probably don't realize how often their kids are exposed to it. ...
Trim Kids Diet I. ... If we look back 50 years, kids spent time outside, playing; they didn't have 500-channel satellite TV, Nintendo or the Internet to keep them inside all day. ... All the author is asking you to do is have your kid play like a kid. ... Kids need extra food because they are growing. ... Another problem I see is that kids are kids, they should be able to indulge every once in a while. ...
Kids don't really look at the consequences they"ll get if they commit a heinous crime such as murder. ... Copycat violence is very common; teens see it on TV and then act it out as they did on TV. Gilda Berger a researcher states, that kids watched a film called "FUZZ," on ABC, showing people burning other for fun. ... Parents are coming up with strategies to help their kids become non-violent and to cope with their own problems instead of taking them out on other classmates. ... Debra Prothrow-Stith explains, "parents just use the television as a "babysitter," so they can get away from t...
In his essay "Stop Blaming Kids and TV,"" Mike Males argues that too much blame is being pinned on violence rates and how they are caused by teenagers and television. ... Males begins by saying that kids imitate their elders and they are not influenced by the television. ... Through early childhood and beyond these kids are socialized through mostly their parents. ... "Stop Blaming Kids and TV. " Perspectives on Contemporary Issues: Readings Across the Curriculum, 3rd ed. ... "TV Violence: Does it Cause Real-Life Mayhem? ...
Some problems are the amount of time kids spend on TV, the influence of adults and older siblings and many inappropriate shows being broadcasted on children's networks. ... Many shows circulate on TV and young kids may see many inappropriate cartoons or other shows. ... Also, by spending so much time in front of the television, kids" minds become convinced that whatever they saw on the TV is the right thing to do and they must follow in that path. ... Several of these are very inappropriate for kids. ... Young kids are spending too much time on the TV and it is slowly brainwashing them...
