Nicholas Howell                                                                                                                  Howell 1

English 2 – block 2

Ms.Mckoy

5 November, 2013

Annotated bibliography

Simmons, Gina. "Media Violence Causes Aggression in Children."Is Media Violence a

Problem?Stefan Kiesbye. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2010. At Issue. Rpt. from

"Does Violent Media Cause Aggression?" Schneider Family Services, 2008.Opposi

ng Viewpoints In Context. Web. 12 Sept. 2013.

In the article “media violence causes aggression” Gina Simmons argues that television has had a growing rate of violence in its programs and no one seems to care. The author states that links between television and violence’s on many children have been shown in many studies. She later on said that sense the creation of the first television violence has increased dramatically everywhere in the world. The author accuses news media for not letting out the truth about violent television. She states that news media doesn’t what the truth out because it could harm them in many ways. The article lists reason why television or news media might not let out information on the violence’s. The author said that newspapers don’t print articles on television violence’s because it might offended the readers of the newspapers , which in turn affect the sales they make. Later on, the author, Simmons, starts to focus on how children and parents could restrict the programs they watch. She explains that most children spend more time viewing TV or some kind of media instead of participating in activates at school or in a club.   Simmons wants children and parents to get an education on the subject of television violence and focus more on other kinds of healthy entertainment. She also goes on about that children should have about 60 minutes of exercise a day and teens or young adults should have about 30 minutes a day. The author tells the reader that it’s not the children’s fault for all the violence’s on the television.

            The author purpose of writing this article is to inform and persuade the readers about television violence’s. Gina Simmons work is very important because it illustrates how deadly television violence can be. This article provides good amount of scientific studies since the creation of television and provides good statistics about the effects. The author uses many persuasive techniques, but the biggest is naming calling. The authors focus all the blame on news media and all of television for not telling the truth on this topic. This could make the article unreliable.

“Children Pay for Media Violent Tv. New Zealand herald Auckland, new Zealand. 10 Nov 2007: 25 opposing viewpoints in context. Web.12 September. 2013.

The article “Children pay For Media Violent Tv” provides numerous studies and information about violence in the media. I believe the work of this article is important because it explains the threats of violence through studies in children and though previous research. The research involved in the article had many trails and different testing. I haven’t seen any signs of biased or persuasive techniques inside the article. The writer’sfocus of the article is to let out information on a very important topic and tries to let the reader have a better understanding on it.The fact that this article has no biased makes this a very strong article. The article is a little old but it still has a lot of information.

Blumberg, Fran C., Kristen P. Bierwirth, and Allison J. Schwartz. "Does Cartoon Violence Beget Aggressive Behavior In Real Life? An Opposing View." Early Childhood Education Journal 36.2 (2008): 101-104. Education Full Text (H.W. Wilson).Web. 2 Oct. 2013.

The article “Does Cartoon Violence Beget Aggressive Behavior In Real Life” doesn’t have much information on the effects on violent television but more of opinionated statements. The authors of this article believe most children are not able to understand most of the violence’s on television and so they are not able to do any acts of violence’s. The biased in this article is strong and there’s not much information to back it up. The article poses questions to the readers so they know what they are trying to say inside the article.

Huston-Stein, AlethaFox, SandraGreer, DouglasWatkins, Bruce A.Whitaker, Jane. "The Effects OfTv Action And Violence On Children's Social Behavior." Journal Of Genetic Psychology 138.2 (1981): 183. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection.Web. 2 Oct. 2013.

The authors of the article “The Effects of Tv action and violence on children social behavior” did a very good job working together to produce a fact full article.  Authors Huston stein, Aletha fox, Sandra Greer, Douglas Watkins, and Bruce A Whitaker, gather many studies from neuromes scientist that tried to discover a link between violent television and social behavior in children. All the test involved many groups of children and many types of students to see if TV has an effect. The information in this article is very accurate because they come from many authors and different scientist studying the research. There is no signs of biased information from the authors so I believe the information are true and there is no persuasive techniques were presented in the article.

Anderson, Craig A., and Brad J. Bushman. "The Effects Of Media Violence On Society." Science 295.5564 (2002): 2377.Academic Search Complete. Web. 2 Oct. 2013.

“The Effects of Media Violence on Society” is not like the other articles, it focuses not only on children but with all age groups. The authors provided simple information about violence’s on tv that was accurate because they got it from many sources.  Since its all age groups the authors conducted many experiments with adults, teenagers, and little children. Some of the trails involved a specific video that all the groups watched. The information besides the trails was very limited but it seemed unbiased. I believe the authors could’ve produced some more background on the topic and some more information on the end results.

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Nicholas Howell

English II block 2

Ms. Mckoy

October 10, 2013

The Destroyer Called Television

 The Boy-What is this thing?

The Boy-It’s like a big black box.

 The Boy-What does this button do?

The Narrator-The boy presses the button and the Destroyer comes to life.

The Boy-Oh wait! My daddy has the toy.

The Narrator-The destroyed shows cartoons playing with a gun

And shoots one of them, but he’s fine. Boom Boom! Man that was fun.

The Destroyer-Yeah tom, guns are fun.

The Boy-I got to be quiet, don’t what to wake daddy

The Boy-There it is under the bed.

 The Narrator-The boy doesn’t realize what he is about to.

The Boy-I got to find John.

The Boy-John, John, John!

John-What man, what do you want?

The Boy-I got to show you something, it was on this thing.

John-Yeah want is it. Here stand there and the toy will point at you.

The Boy-Boom! John get up, get up. Wants wrong the man on the box was ok.

The Boy-Why isn’t he getting up?

The Boy-Why are people staring at me?

The Boy-Why are men taking my dad away?

The Boy-What am I going to do? The box lied to me, lied to me!

The Boy-I will never trust that evil monster again.

The Narrator-The Destroyer doesn’t care who it hurts.

The Narrator-It doesn’t have emotions.

The Narrator-The Destroyer will continue to kill happiness until someone stops it.

The Narrator-The Destroyer is pure evil.

The Boy-People are talking about me now!

The Boy-Most of the things are very bad, but the box did this to me. 

Early College High School

2050 Hwy, 501 E

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Conway, SC 29526

September 18 2013

The Sun News, 

Letter to the Editor, 

P.O. Box 406, 

Myrtle Beach, SC 29578

Dear Editor and Chief,

My name is Nicholas Howell. I am in the 10^th grade and I go to early college high school on Conway, SC

           

I am writing in response to television violence and the effects it has on children. I believe there should be more restrictions to the shows and movies presented on the screen. Many kids that watch television can be harmed in many ways from just watching a program. Many people might say my kid has watched a certain program and he’s fine, but every kid isn’t  the same and they all see things differently.

From my research on the topic I learned a child can become numb to the violence, or accept violence as a way to solve problems. If a child has a mental disorder, the child can pick up a violent habit. I believe with all my heart television should be restricted. Television has over the years gotten more and more violate. Do you not agree?

Thank so much for your time. I appreciate your help and hope to hear from you soon.

Nicholas Howell

English II

Block 2

Ms.Mckoy

September 11, 2013

The Effects Of Television Violence On Children

            When I was very little I would watch cartoon, TV shows, whatever that was on and my parents wouldn’t worry about it. In todays time most television revolves around violence and danger.   Parents are not aware of how the violence on television can harm their child health, mind, and the way they act.   I choose this topic because television is growing more violent each day and it could affect all the children that watch TV.

“Television shows that allow the character who commits a crime to receive no punishment teaches children that it’s all right to commit a crime”. (Children and TV Violence). A child watching a crime on TV can cause the child to later on commit a crime and get arrested in the process. Television puts a false statement into a child’s mind causing violence’s that can hurt the child and the area in which the child lives in.

Television can also affect the way a child sees everything. “They can become numb to the horror of violence or gradually accept violence as a way to solve problems.” (Effects of television violence pg 1) this explains that a child that sees violence will soon or later not be affected by the horror of violence. If a child watch a TV show solving a problem by fighting, the children can pick that up and use violence to get what it wants.

The behavior of the child is also affected by television programs. “The more televised violence a child watches, the more acceptable aggressive behavior becomes for the child”. (Huesmann, Moise pg 1). The quote is saying that if a child continuous watching violence it becomes like a habit or instinct for the child. A child that becomes familiar with violence might also use it to relieve guilt or stress that the child is feeling. Violence is never a health way to solve anything.

This issue has caught my attention for a while now and I intend to dive into research about the effects of television violence on children.           I would love to know how television affects the whole mind and if it can always cause violence in children. I feel that television should tone down on some of the programs and restrict programs that children are able to watch. I’m looking forward to taking this issue further and seeing if I can stop some of the violence on television in looking forward to taking this issue further and seeing if I can stop some of the violence on television in my community.