With the results collected in the investigation process, the researchers were able to achieve the main objective and purpose of this article. The interpretation and analysis of the primary data collected and their support with the secondary resources collected were carried out to reach the following conclusions: First of all, 46% of children who spend at least 1-3 hours watching cartoons have a better chance to represent violent and aggressive behavior. With the results collected, the majority of respondents (57%) agree that cartoons contain violence. Based on this, the longer children watch cartoons as a hobby, the greater the risk of being influenced with violent actions and aggressive behavior. Relating this to the psychological approach, due to children's exposure to cartoons depicting violence and aggressive situations involving the show's characters, this causes them to learn incorrect behaviors and actions which they tend to apply in their daily lives . Second, 57% of children do not show aggressive behavior after watching cartoons. However, parents are highly recommended to guide their children while watching cartoons because several studies have been conducted and proven that cartoons today contain violence. To prevent an increase in the number of children portraying aggressive behavior, parents could limit their children's media time by turning off the home television when no one is watching, removing the television from children's bedrooms, and establishing rules about how long their children may spend in the media (The Henry J. Keizer Family Foundation cited in Kaufman's article, 2009). In line with this, the prevention of the effect of cartoons on children could be reduced with children's paper, in order to prevent the possible implications this could cause. Additionally, television networks that premiere cartoons should review the cartoons they broadcast because most cartoons today are not suitable for children. Furthermore, parents should adequately accompany their children from watching cartoons to reduce possible negative impacts on children's behavior. With the results collected, the researchers were able to conclude that exposing children to violent media such as cartoon violence could cause them to learn faulty behaviorism such as applying violent actions on other people, portraying aggressive behavior, imitating convulsive actions and be slow in doing work. Linking this to the psychological one which focuses on observable behavior and the conditions that support unhealthy behavior (Practical Approaches, 2001).
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