Evaluation of Jones’ Persuasion Techniques The essay‚ “Violent media is good for kids”‚ written by Gerard Jones‚ was first published in Mother Jones magazine in the year 2000‚ and nearly two decades later‚ this subject is still relevant today. Jones is author of violent media himself‚ as he has written many books for Marvel Comics. The essay argues that violent media is good for kids‚ which is also Jones’ thesis. To support his thesis‚ Jones discusses several arguments‚ such as his personal experience
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Violent Media is good for Kids by Gerard Jones Outline Introduction: Jones’s thesis expresses that violent media are not a bad influence on children‚ but it does however; allow them to better express themselves. They also can benefit them to release their inner rage as well as gaining their confidence. Body paragraph: Throughout Jones’s article he uses some persuasive antics to encourage readers that violent media can decrease the amount of rage and reckless a child can have… “ pretending to
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In “Violent Media Is Good For Kids‚” Gerard Jones takes his position on how the comic books violence has led him to further develop as a person and inspire his career as a writer. In fact‚ he talked about how the Hulk led him out of passivity and loneliness as a young kid. But this is only about one person and not everybody else. Nobody is the same in this world. Many of Jones acknowledgements in this story come from self-accomplishments through reading comics and violent media that has led
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“Violent Media is Good for Kids” In “Violent Media is Good for Kids‚” the author Gerard Jones claims that violent media is good for children because it prepares them for violence in reality and teaches them how to control with rage. He argues against people’s view of violent media being negative influence on children. This view suggests that it is important to keep children away from violent media because it promotes imaginary gun battles‚ killing‚ blood‚ and violent fighting. In response‚ the author
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In reading “Violent Media is Good for Kids”; by Gerard Jones‚ he doesn’t argue against the fact that some harm has come from violence in the media. However the author does convey the fact that he has first handedly seen the positive effects of well managed use of violence in different mediums. Mr. Jones has reinforced my view and opinion on violence in the media by informing me to the efforts of him and his colleague to help children use their natural feelings in a positive manner and find an enlightening
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In Gerard Jones’ “Violent Media Is Good for Kids” found in our text‚ Practical Argument‚ Jones argues that children should not be sheltered from violence. Gerard Jones discusses his own experiences growing up in a home that banned any violent media. He was a scared‚ introverted child in desperate need of help understanding the feelings he was taught to bottle up. When a few Incredible Hulk comics somehow made it past his parents and right into his eager hands he was a child reformed. The stories
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Media Violence Exposure and Its Effects on Children By Shehab Al Sayegh English II Summer I‚ 2012 Lebanese American University ABSTRACT: The fast and the great development in media make the way for violence easier to spread all over the world. Media violence is of different forms‚ it can be reached by using any type of media. Violence in television commercials and in advertising are two forms of media violence that carry great amount of violence‚ but even though there are people
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Violence in the Media and TV Studies show that violence on television does have a bad affect on young people and the way they think and act. At a young age‚ our minds are like sponges‚ and absorb everything that surrounds them‚ which makes them easy targets for the medias constant influence. This is true not only for young people‚ but some recent studies indicate that watching violence on television can even affect adults too. Young people and children learn from both experience and role models
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Television‚ magazines‚ radio‚ movies‚ and music are all forms of today’s modern media. Is it possible that our modern media could be causing crime rates to rise? Back in the 1920’s‚ these media’s came out so that people could stay connected with what was going on around the world. Soon‚ the media became a form of entertainment. Over the last five decades‚ the rules and guidelines of media have changed dramatically. When the media first came out‚ it was completely prohibited to even say something small like
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Ahmed Cause and effect of media violence There is now doubt that nowadays‚ television is one of the most influential media devices that spread across the globe but this influence might not be as productive as one might expect. According to scientific researches‚ more than 65% of people are violent because of TV shows’ contents. It is quite obvious that at the recent rate of watching TV‚ teenagers and children will be influenced by what they watch. If these programs were to be scientific
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