The Role of Media and Cartoons in Increasing Aggression

Abstract

Children today grow up in a media-saturated environment. Children and teenagers expend a significant amount of time watching tv, movies, playing computer games, and surfing the internet. The media is continually producing new cartoons with heightened brutality, and children are unaware of the dangers this poses to them. This research was inspired by children’s reactions to violent content in the programmes they watch. This paper aims to understand the role of aggression in children who are exposed to violent cartoons and media, explore the consequences and also find the solutions to the same. This paper will involve secondary research methodology. This research is focused on a number of other reviews that have been done in the same or similar fields.  Also, this study sets out to investigate whether viewing violence in the media increased aggression.