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Analysis Of Gerard Jones Article Violent Media Is Good For Kids

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Gerard Jones´ article “Violent Media Is Good for Kids” focuses on the many benefits that violent media can have on children. The article was published on June 2008 in Mother Jones. The author begins by telling a story about his own childhood, and how the Marvel Comics influenced him to later become a comic writer. Later on, the same thing happened to his son when he started seeing the Power Rangers and reading about Tarzan. Violent entertainment is helpful for children to understand the negative feelings parents have taught them to avoid having. Jones argues that “the dual-identity concept at the heart of so many superhero stories helps kids negotiate the conflicts between the inner self and the public self as they work through the early stages
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