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Cartoons

            Cartoons consist of a large amount of today's television. Many of today's cartoons show very similar relationships. Different cartoons encourage different beliefs and appeal to different audiences. Yet most cartoons tie all audiences together by targeting the children with the humorous outline and animation but also target adults with hidden subliminal messages for their amusement. When you go to watch a cartoon you expect humor. You expect to be laughing and to be excited when you favorite character comes on. .
             There are many different cartoons that appeal to all different age groups. A cartoon called "Pokemon" generally appeals to a younger group of people from ages 5 to 10. The cartoon, "Dragon Ball Z" appeals to a little older group of people ranging from 11 to 17. Then there is the cartoon, "The Simpsons" that appeals to a wide variety of ages. But as the age increases, generally the cartoon leans towards the male viewers. Many parents disapprove of their children watching "The Simpsons" due to its sometimes offensive, graphic content.
             Many cartoons bring their audiences together by humoring the children but also throwing in hidden subliminal messages for the adult's amusement. "The Simpsons" has continuous examples of this. "The Simpsons" often have special guests on the show resembling characters that only the parents would know and understand. Other shows as "The Flinstones" brought in thing that the parents would only understand. "The Flinstones" kind of brought an animated view of "I Love Lucy" to the Stone Age with Fred Flinstones famous line, "Wilma, I"m home!".
             Many cartoons seem to be similar to others. "The Simpsons," and "The Flinstones" were both about a blue-collar family here the father was kind of the slow or dumb side. The wives in these two cartoons were the smarter ones who stayed at home. In "The Simpsons," the husband worked at a Power Plant were he was never sure what he was doing.


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... 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 ... 000 simulated murders and 200,000 acts of violence (American Psychiatric Association, Psychiatric Effects of Media Violence). One study listed 20-25 acts of violence per hour on Saturday mornings. Cartoons...

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2. Comparing Anime with Cartoons

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3. Cartoons And Violence

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4. Cartoons

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5. The effects of action-oriented cartoons on children

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6. Political Cartoons

... the American people. They run the gamut from economics to foreign policy to the overwhelming popular topic of bureaucracy. As an avid reader of political cartoons on a daily basis I enjoy the humor and cynicism found within these forms of speech. Not only can they poke fun at politicians for their ... statement, whether direct or indirect, that often makes people speak about or try and change the topics outcome. Since the beginning of America political cartoons have often portrayed government officials as inept and sometimes just plain stupid. Politicians are very easy targets for the pre...

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7. Gender Issues in Cartoons

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8. Anime better than American Cartoons?

... the different art forms but you can't really say which one is better. Finally it is too general an assertion to say that you would rather watch "anime" than "american cartoons" since both categories are enormously broad and contain many works that are very good and very bad, so you can't just say that it's better "in general" anyway. It's important ... value anyway. Japanese anime and American animation are both types of art and both have their own merits, and though I can say personally that I usually enjoy anime more than Western cartoons that is a very general statement and also opin...

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9. The Saturday Morning Massacres

... 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 ... 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...

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