Analysis Of Gerald Jones's Violent Media Is Good For Kids

Gerald Jones is an author who created “Violent Media is Good for Kids”. He published this article in 2000. Jones main argument was that people avoid their emotional issues that arise through engagements with violent stories that are presented by the media. He was prompted to create this article for other readers when he began noticing these same tendencies among his own child. Jones opens the article with a brief introduction of himself and included a small background of what his life was about. As a child, he himself escaped from his own emotional struggles through the shows that presented the contained “The Incredible Hulk” (Jones). These series allowed him to overlook a lot of the issues that had arisen in his life so that he could escape into a fantasy world to try and forget them. This essay logically flowed with a tone that had characteristics of a casual setting. What was portrayed to the audience was professional in demeanor but was represented towards the totality of the audience.
When he achieved an idea to write an article, his main goal was to provide thoughtful analysis on how violent media can become positive to some children while …show more content…
Comparing the article to an article created by Rick Nauert in which explained the views of media violence by children increases the aggression outcomes in them. This is titled, “Leading Researchers Find Media Violence Ups Risks of Teen Aggression” (Nauert). An example of argument is presented from this article as, “Violent images…act as identifying triggers of aggressive feelings and thoughts that have been stored in the teen’s memory” (Nauret). Parents of teens need to become more educated while being more involved with the consumption of violent of media so they can help cease the issues they are dealing with before they even present