Devina Rahim ENC1102 6/13/2013 Article: Violent Media is Good for Kids Author: Gerard Jones Violent Media is Good for Kids Black Ops is one of the most popular violent games in the world of PlayStation‚ Xbox‚ and other gaming systems. Violence has existed long before there was violent media. In the article “Violent Media is Good for Kids”‚ by Gerard Jones makes a strong argument concerning violence and children. He had great points about some troubled young children are able to transform
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Professor Emily Kobayashi English 2000 5 February 2012 Violent Media is Good for Kids Gerard Jones‚ in “Violent Media is Good for Kids‚” expresses personal experiences about how violent comic books can often help children break through their shells of self-isolation. Because Jones largely discusses his own opinions‚ I feel the essay should provide more statistical evidence to support his thoughts. Although I agree with his point that children do need to have an outlet to express their underlying
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Violence in media is healthy and beneficial for children—or so claims Gerard Jones‚ author of “Violent Media is Good for Kids”. It is undeniable that the title of Jones’s essay is straightforward and aptly named‚ if not confidently bold. But while his claim may boast confidence‚ it lacks credibility. Jones does do a great job introducing his controversial claim by using passion‚ persuasion‚ and personal experience. However‚ his insufficient evidence and fallacious reasoning fail to support
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Violent Media is Good for Kids Analysis 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
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In Gerad Jones article “Violent Media is Good for Kids” Jones argues that violent media can very well have positive impact on young people. He simply does this by opening up with his own childhood story of how he was taught by his parents and teachers that all violence was wrong. We then find out that he became shy and lonely because he was not able to express himself properly due to hiding his fears and desires. It wasn’t until his mother was convinced by one of her students to let her son read
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In “Violent Media is Good for Kids‚” Gerard Jones conveys that violent media is good for young children. Jones also states in the article that children can overcome their inner rage and gain confidence to fight against the modern society by using violent media. Jones uses his personal experiences and researches to support his thesis that violent media is not entirely bad for the children. Jones was a lonely boy and his parents did not let him connect with the violent media. He lived like a nice
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Analysis of “Violent Media is Good for Kids” Gerard Jones’ essay “Violent Media is Good for Kids” was a very interesting paper. He opens with a story of him as a child‚ “alone and afraid” of the rage that was inside of him. His parents taught him that violence was wrong and that rage was something that could be simply overcome. Jones’ main argument was aimed at parents‚ saying that they are stifling a child’s natural instinct of anger and rage. He wrote that “we send the message to our children
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An article called “Violent Media is Good for Kids‚” that was written by Gerard Jones‚ a renowned comic- book author‚ is arguing that violent media can be helpful for children‚ rather than be harmful. He talks about how parents don’t take the time to look at how helpful violent media can be for their child. Violence can encourage children to learn how to reach for their own inner power that they may have never been able to find before. Children as they grow up can learn the positives and negatives
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Violent Media Is Good for Kids Paragraph 1‚2. Gerard Jones expresses in the first paragraph that her son at the age of thirteen years old‚ he was alone and afraid because his parents had a believed that violence was wrong‚ also they believed that cooperation was always better than conflict. This believes make her son to grow into passivity and loneliness until he knew about the Incredible Hulk. Paragraph 3. Jones said that one of her students convinced her that Marvel Comics books can help her son
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In Violent Media is Good for Kids‚ Gerard Jones argues that violent forms of media in our pop culture can be used as a means of helping kids cope with rage. Throughout his essay‚ Jones promotes the idea that kids should use “creative violence” as a tool to transfer their negative emotions rather than acting out on them (197). Although Jones points out valid arguments to defend violence in media‚ he fails give a clear definition to determine what constitutes it. Thus‚ he excludes all other forms of
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