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Introduction
It has been argued as to whether children’s cartoons and television programs are too violent and whether this violence leads to imitation of aggressive behavior. ... She also believes that “Cartoons pose little risk for older, more mature viewers, who routinely discount this content as unrealistic,” “yet younger viewers particularly those under the age of 7, have difficulty distinguishing reality from fantasy of television.” “Thus, preschoolers are capable of imitating and learning from fantasy portrayals of violence in cartoons, the average American preschooler who watches mostly cartoons is exposed to over 500 high-risk portrayals of violence each year. ... Bandura tested this theory using a Bobo Doll, in which he had a group of children watch a film that viewed a woman hitting the Bobo Doll with her fists, a hammer, and other acts of aggression. ... While observing the children play, the children displayed similar acts of aggression towards the Bobo Doll such as the woman did previously. ... The study will break down the content of the program and measure the different types of violence such as verbal and physical aggression. ...
Method
I have measured the amount of physical and verbal aggression contained in a single episode of the animated series “Batman” entitled “Two Face,” it had a running time of about twenty minutes. ...
To measure the amount of physical and verbal aggression in the program I used a tallying system for each individual character. To be counted as an act of physical aggression the behavior must be intended to injure another person or thing, or to destroy property. Verbal aggression will be defined as any verbal behavior intended to injure another person or thing.
Approximate Word count = 1311
Approximate Pages = 5.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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