Cartoons Influence towards Violence And Aggression in Children

Abstract

Television widely spread to the world. after the first half of the 20th century, In communication and media studies, the influence of media violence and aggression on children has been widely scrutinized (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2001). Animation gained popularity and its target was the children. With the development of technology, In time, some researchers proved that cartoon in television influences children. The present study seeks to investigate to what extent do the cartoons influence and lead to violence and aggression (Wiilson, 2008). Media is a major medium of dissipation of information that exists in our world today; either deliberately or in deliberately, people affected by it because we are living in a media concentrated society. As a result, children who have easy access to television media want to inculcate all that is shown on the television. Media is one of the tools used for creating and maintaining culture in the society (Morgan & Shanahan, 2010).