Undergraduate Thesis Bachelor of Elementary Education University of Rizal System, Rodriguez, Rizal
2010

This study aimed to determine the influence of watching violent cartoons on the level of aggression among grade four pupils of Rodriguez Heights Elementary School.

From the analysis of data, the following findings are summarized as follows. As to the profile of the respondents, in terms of sex, out of 178 respondents, there are 90 females or 50.6 percent and 88 males or 49.4 percent In terms of number of siblings of the respondents majority of them have to 1 to 3 siblings, while the least number of siblings have 10 to 12 siblings or 6 percent. In terms of respondents parent's socio-economic status majority belongs to 5,000 - below monthly income or 51.1 percent, while the smaller number belongs to 16,000 and above monthly income or 96 percent In terms of parent's civil status, majority of the respondents are married with 81 5 percent, while the least number are widow with 4.5 percent. In terms of parent's educational attainment, majority of the respondents are college graduate with 65.2 percent, while the least numbers are elementary graduate with 1.7 percent. In terms of number of watching television, majority of the respondents spent i and below obtains 33.1 percent, while the least number of respondents spent 4 to 5 hours with 11.8 percent. With regard to the Violent Cartoons being watched by the respondents, the researchers found out that SpongeBob was the most frequently viewed with while Ghost Fighter was the least viewed cartoon with. In terms of the Influence of watching violent cartoons on the level of aggression of the respondents in terms of study habits, the mean of 2.07 and is interpreted as seldom (se) while in terms of behavior, the mean is 2.58 interpreted which interpreted is seldom (se). In concentration, the mean is 1 99 and is interpreted as seldom (se). In school study condition the mean is 1.64 and is interpreted as never (n) Moreover, the violent cartoons watched by the respondents showed that it has significant relationship in their study habits & behavior. Thus, the null hypothesis is rejected On the other hand, there is no significant relationship established in terms of their concentration and school study condition. Hence, the null hypothesis is failed to reject

Based on the findings, the following conclusions are obtained. As to the profile of the respondents, majority are females, their number of siblings most of the respondents belongs to small family. In terms of their parent's socio-economic status most of their parents earn a living with small amount of money. Most of the parents are married which means that most of the respondents are living with their both parents Most of their parents' are college graduate. Majority of the respondents watched television ranging from 1 hour and below. Most of the respondents prefer and enjoy watching SpongeBob because of the funny characters and the extraordinary moves that they imitate and idolized than Ghost fighter. The influence of watching violent cartoons on the level of aggression among respondents is interpreted as seldom (se) which fairly influence the respondents while school study condition is interpreted as Never (n) which never influence the students. There is a significant relationship on watching violent cartoons of the respondents in terms of their study habits and behavior in watching violent cartoon shows, while there is no significant relationship on watching violent cartoons in terms of their concentration and school study condition.

In light of the conclusions, the following recommendations are suggested: To the MTRCB, through the result of this study, they should give some guidelines on how producers and directors will make cartoon movies that will not reinforce aggression since they are responsible on reviewing movies that will be shown on television. To the television station owner, they should monitor the cartoon shows they are showing on television. Cartoons that are too violent should be edited for the benefit of the children or if it is not really suitable for the children, they should not allow it to be shown at all. To the parents, they should encourage their children to watch educational programs. They may also monitor their children by limiting total time and selecting appropriate programs instead. To the teachers, they should integrate the bad influence of watching violent cartoons to their subjects and guide their pupils of what they watch. They should recommend television programs that are information-based wherein the pupils will be able to learn something. To the pupils, they should always be aware of the influence and effect of violent cartoons in their behavior. If they have younger brothers and sisters they should guide them when their parents are not around. To deepen the present study, future researchers should replicate this study using other variables.