“We were most surprised about the increased numbers of murders in kids’ films,” Dr James Kirkbride, a Sir Henry Dale Fellow, tells Yahoo Parenting in an email. “The killing off of Simba’s dad Mufasa in the ‘Lion King’ is a brutal cinema moment. And there are many other examples in kids’ films — Bambi’s mother getting shot, Nemo’s mother getting eaten by a barracuda, and Syndrome being tossed into a jet engine at the end of ‘The Incredibles.’ This final example might raise dubious moral implications, like killing the bad guys is okay.”
This ‘dubious moral implications’ agrees with Glenn Sparks theory mentioned earlier.
Classic findings from 1999 found that film violence led to anxiety, nightmares, and greater aggression and violent behaviour among kids in real life; more modern findings have also connected onscreen violence with similar behaviour off-screen. One study from 2013 even
This ‘dubious moral implications’ agrees with Glenn Sparks theory mentioned earlier.
Classic findings from 1999 found that film violence led to anxiety, nightmares, and greater aggression and violent behaviour among kids in real life; more modern findings have also connected onscreen violence with similar behaviour off-screen. One study from 2013 even