https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/02/youtube-kids-cartoons-include-tips-for-committing-suicide-docs-warn/
Nadine Kaslow, a president of the American Psychological Association and professor at Emory University School of Medicine, has been doing research and collecting data on the subliminal tips and tricks of attempting suicide and self harm. Suicide is a big contributing cause of death in between the ages of 10 and mid 20's. Each year, more suicide attempts from the youth has been recorded. Each year, at least 157,000 cases of self injured has been reported from the ages of 10 and 24. Most of this data has been recorded from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most of these disturbing subliminal messages have been found in videos in YouTube kids and famous cartoons.
Suicide and depression has been a rapidly growing problems. This is concerning to see that it's also being implied and taught to our children nowadays. Everywhere you look you see hidden disturbing messages in shows and programs for kids. It concerns me that if we dont get better control of what are kids watch then they will wanna attempt and possibly commit suicide.
Emma Burkey: This is defiantly sad news to here about children's shows and how they are a factor in suicide. I think the more we can provide young people with outlets to go to and point them towards better shows it would help the issue.
ReplyDeleteIf you think about the effect of media in the past (like how it was used to spread nativist sentiment) it's not surprising that this is happening, but it is upsetting. We need to have better education around mental health, and we need to destigmatize ideas of therapy and getting help.
ReplyDeleteI feel like everyone needs to try to pay more attention to the media they (and their kids) consume. When I began to use the Internet more, at like 11, I was exposed to a lot of things I wish I hadn't been.
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