Violent Media Is Good For Kids

The main purpose of the article written by Gerald Jones is to change the public perception of violent media for kids. He argues for this by saying violent media can actually have positive effects on young people because a violent media help the young people to gain self-knowledge and sense of potency through heroic combative storytelling. In addition to this, when young people are growing, watching a media action full pool of blood, killing, stabbing, screams of agony and pleas for mercy help them pull out of the emotional trap by plunging themselves into violent story. Jones also believes that violent media are a positive influence on children because pretend to have a superhuman power helps children defeat the feeling of impotent that inescapably

In his article “Violent Media Is Good For Kids,” comic book author Gerald Jones, claims that violent media such as comic books and cartoons can have a positive effect on our children because children use violent stories to meet their emotional and developmental needs. Jones argues against other people’s views that violent media will have a negative influence on children. Gerald Jones had many strengths in his article which helped support his argument and could possible make his argument effective. His strengths were mainly the use of emotional appeal like story telling and personal experiences to help convince his audience. While Jones’s essay started off strong, he only gave a few weaknesses like the lack of examples and how he only used one reference, his life, to justify his point of view which in the end did not help persuade the audience.

From infancy onward, parents and teachers have drilled into the young generation that violence should be avoided at all costs. They have preached cooperation, tolerance, and “using one’s words” as tactics to combat difficult situations. Although those lessons are valid, Gerald Jones claims there is an alternative way. In his essay, “Violent Media is Good for Kids,” Jones argues that “creative violence- bonking cartoons, bloody videogames, toy guns-gives children a tool to master their rage” (Jones). In other words, media violence, used correctly, can serve as an alternative method for powering through adolescence. By reading and writing violent stories, children are able to express

When it comes to the topic of violent media, some of us would readily agree it’s a controversial subject as to whether kids should or shouldn’t be exposed to it. This is because many children who view violent media react negatively rather than not being affected at all. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of what effects does it have on children. Whereas some are convinced that it is a healthy alternative for kids to express themselves, others maintain that it causes kids to become more aggressive and contributes to juvenile crimes.

The article of Gerard Jones, “Violent Media is Good for Kids” he tries to convince the audience, especially parents, that violent media is good for kids. He explains that violent media can be very beneficial to kids instead of harming them. Gerard Jones uses many literary devices to persuade the audience. He uses his own childhood experiences; he shares how he was, able to overcome his challenges or as Jones states in his article overcome “passivity and loneliness”. He also uses his son to continue to persuade the audience. He shares how his son used superhero’s identities to get through challenges he faced during preschool, kindergarten and first grade years. Other examples he uses is two different girls that also overcame childhood obstacle

According to Gerard Jones, violent media can have positive effects on young people. Violent media can help them to overcome difficulties and they can have a positive influence on children because the kids uses violent stories to meet their emotional and developmental needs. Jones makes some good points. One example that Jones gives is “Pretending to have superhuman powers helps children conquer the feelings of powerlessness that inevitably come with being so young and small.” (200). This example that Jones used to prove that superheroes helps this children with the superpower that they have is a weak statement because is biased. He is a comic writer. When he gives this point is creating more interest in his stories that he writes not necessary in the real problem that the children have. Also, where are the statistics that prove the ages and location of these kids

In Gerard Jones' essay “Violent Media is Good for Kids,” he argues a position not taken by many in today's culture. Jones advocates children should be exposed to violent media in order to overcome real life hardships. The problem with Jones' argument arise when he fails to develop his somewhat dated ideas and leaves his audience questioning how effective such exposure would be.

In the article, “Violent Media Is Good for Kids”, the author, Gerard Jones, begins by providing background information about himself. As a child, Jones was taught that violence was wrong, and as he grew up, he learned that violent comics and stories aided him to become an action movies and comic book writer. In his article, the author addresses why violent media are good for children. He points out that it helps them transform better socially, explore and conquer their feelings, and improves self-knowledge. Jones purpose is to inform readers about the positive use of violent media on children. The author uses rhetorical appeals of pathos and ethos, and stylistic techniques such as allusions and repetitions to create his argument.

Intro - In the article “Violent Media is Good for Kids” by Gerard Jones the author talks about how violent media is good for kids. The author believes that violent media is a way to help children learn to not “ ...grow up too passive, too distrustful of themselves…” or for children to be “...easily manipulated. I feel as if this claim is overall true, but the amount of research that was done could be more.

In 2000, Gerard Jones “ Violent Media is Good for Kids”, was published by MotherJones.com. Jones concludes that violence is beneficial to kids in many ways, including rage management, building confidence, and allowing children to meet their emotional and developmental needs. He also argues that when parents attempt to shield their kids from violence it is more likely that they grow up to be passive and easily manipulated. Based on my knowledge and personal experience, I have found many of his points to be true and logical.

“Violent Media Is Good for Kids” is a short essay written by Gerard Jones. In Jones’s essay, while the author was trying to convince the audience that violent media can be very beneficial when controlling rage along with a range of emotions and shaping children’s perceptions of life.in children but he falls flat when appealing to the logic and ethos, thus making it unlikely that his audience will side with him.

Introduction Essay: Violent Media is Good for Kids Main argument: Violent media is good for kids Thesis: Violent media is good for kids because it empowers them, it encourages them to stick up for themselves and it helps them deal with rage. Views of author Violent media is good for kids because it empowers them, help them deal with rage, and helps kid emotionally. Violent media does more harm than good.

In the writing of Gerard Jones “Violent Media is Good for Kids” is a very interesting essay in which he describes how violent media can help kids to overcome obstacles. Also, he describes that some kids that used to be shy become outgoing by reading comics, he makes his point by saying the kids who reads this comic, get confident by identifying with the superheroes of the stories that they read. He gave examples of kids that were treated with violent media, but I am not truly sure if this is effective in kids or not because in the examples that he gave needs more details on how they become effective in helping these kids with their problems, also this point will be more persuade if the author supports his examples with information of the parents of these kids that believed violent media is good.

The essay Violent Media is Good for Kids”, by Gerard Jones, an author both in nonfiction and fiction comic books, was published by the New York Times in 2000. Jones’ argues the point that violent media has inspired people and children to overcome everyday evil in the world. He examines the benefits of using comic books for good by introducing us to three children who have overcome fears with the help of a comic book. When reading and analysis this essay, I think that not all children have the same personality, therefore one comic book may be beneficial for children where another may emotional scare them.

Regardless of what anyone thinks, violent media is said to be good for children. People always think that violent media can lead to or will lead to violence from children, but some research has shown that it might not necessarily true. In Gerard Jones’ article ‘Violent Media is good for kids’ he says that “Research has found that every aspect of even the trashiest pop-culture story can have its own developmental function”. I disagree with this ideology, but I do understand how Jones may think it is helpful. In Gerard Jones’ article ‘Violent Media is good for kids’ he says, “The dual-identity concept at the heart of many superhero stories help kids negotiate the conflicts between the inner self and the public self as they work through the early stages of socialization.”; Furthermore, he goes on to say “Identification with the rebellious, even destructive, hero helps children learn to push back against a modern culture that cultivates fear and teaches dependency.” meaning “children can actually gain some benefit from reading or watching violent and graphic media when it comes to the socialization of today’s youth”. Individuals should be aware of the effects of violent media on children, the possible ‘benefits’ on the children’s anger management, and the aggressiveness any negative media causes on our youth.