COMPARISON OF VIOLENCE IN TELEVISION ANIMATION IN THE PAST TWO DECADES AND IF THERE IS AN EFFECT ON THE MINDS ON THE VIEWERS

COMPARISON OF VIOLENCE IN TELEVISION ANIMATION IN THE PAST TWO DECADES AND IF THERE IS AN EFFECT ON THE MINDS ON THE VIEWERS

Cartoons are the most popular form of entertainment for children. There are very few children who do not watch cartoons. Cartoons are animated figures which carry a story along with it. Every child is exposed to cartoons in some way or the other and whether we except it or not cartoons do have an impact on the minds of the viewers. That??s why most of the cartoons for children are sweet and innocent. But there are a few cartoons that have violence in them. This violence at times can affect the minds and the thinking process of the child. Over the past two decades violence in cartoons has increased. So this study compares the cartoons in the two decades and the increase and the effect it has on the minds. The study to a certain extent proved that the sample population believes that the violence that they view affects them in some way or the other.

Singh Anuradha

Media Studies