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.