EN 102: Critical Reading, Writing, and Research Argument Synthesis Essay Essay Prompt : Read Gerard Jones’s “Violent Media is Good for Kids” and John Leo’s “When Life Imitates Video” in our Practical...

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Title: EN 102: Critical Reading, Writing, and Research
Argument Synthesis Essay
Contents
Introduction    3
Summary    3
Arguments regarding Violent Media    4
Conclusion    6
Works Cited    7
Introduction
“Violent media is good for Kids” is an article written by renowned comic book author Gerard Jones who argued throughout this article that violent media could be a useful tool for the kids rather than totally harming them. He stated that violence can help a kid to understand how to reach to their own inner self and power and through this media they can able to judge between the negative as well as positive violence. He believed that through these kinds of media the kids could overcome any kind of challenges they may internally and externally in their life. “When life imitates video” by John Leo also views about the impact of video games on children where the author is found to persuade the audience to accept his ideas.
Summary
Gerard Jones put forward the opinion about the importance of violent media and argued that it is good for kids as it helps them to develop their emotional and psychological needs. Although he goes against of the majority of his audience, who argued that violence might affect their children and lead them towards an aggressive and depressive lifestyle, however, Jones believes that these sorts of media can empower them to fight against the dangerous challenges they might face in their life. He also argued that through these violent media, the children may find out their inner self and able to focus on their inner power they already have within them.
As stated by Howard, violent media according to Jones enhances their social skills where these children are to protest against any kind of violence they pass by and they fight until they get the proper justice. In future, these children gain power to defend themselves from any kind of hurdles. As mentioned by Greitemeyer et al., the term “creative violence” used by Jones relate the idea of helping the kids to study and understand of how to control their rage and anger whenever their life became challenging.
On the other hand, John Leo on his article “When life imitates video” he strongly argued that violent video games can never be fruitful for the children as well as the teenagers. He clearly supports his ideas by presenting certain examples of teenage violence caused by playing several aggressive video games. By arousing pathos, this author appeals to the parents to acknowledge about the videos games before giving it to...