Critical Response to Violent Media

               
  My Critical Response to Gerard Jones' "Violent Media Is Good For Kids"

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As a child, Gerard Jones, felt powerless and alone. This led to his argument that violent media is good for kids. Although Jones' acknowledges in paragraph 3 that comics contain "lofty messages of pacifism and tolerance". He reveals that it was the violence that attracted him to violent media. This article does not have enough evidence because most of his evidence was about his and his son's personal experience. As well as, the two girls story that he mentions doesn't produce enough solid proof because there's no way to verify these two girls exists. Jones also compares how the Victorians confused their children about sexuality to not allowing our children to use violent media.
                     
However, Mr. Jones does have sufficient evidence because he writes how he worked with Melanie Moore, a psychologist who has experience with urban teens. Dr. Moore also works at Stanford University and is a credible source. She writes, "children need violent entertainment in order to explore the inescapable feelings that they've been taught to deny, and to reintegrate those feelings into a more whole, more complex, more resilient selfhood". As a parent, it gave me a different prospective on violent media, however, he does not give sufficient evidence to support his claim.

In recent news, Nikolas Cruz, a 19 year-old former student, opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School with an AR-15, killing 17 people including students and facility on Wednesday, February 14, 2018. In his social media account just 5 months prior, he stated, "I'm going to be a professional school shooter". I believe that was pure evil and hatred. I also believe that violent video games, essentially violent media, had something to do with his actions.

Soucres Consulted:
Jones, Gerard. "Violent Media Is Good For Kids." Practical Argument, 3rd edition
edited by Laurie G. Kirszner and Stephen R. Mandell. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2017, pp. 64-67

McLaughlin, Ellott C. and Park, Madison. "Social Media Points A Picture Of Racist 'Professional School Shooter' ". CNN, Turner Broadcasting System, 15 Feb. 2018, https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/14/us/nikolas-cruz-florida-shooting-suspect/index.html