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ELITE STAND UP AGAINST BULLYING & VIOLENCE #No_Bullying

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Dear reader, You may wonder how a TV series can be a pillar in Therefore, violence has become a live entertainment and even t a
spreading violence among children. And also how Korean drama exceeded the existence of its characters as toy games for children g n i
can invade most countries even though the Korean language is to play with. Hence, A crucial question must be asked here about y l l
only spoken by its people. Hence, it's now necessary to answer the absence of parental guidance and supervisory role in that u b
these questions and understand the details of this attention- matter. d n
grabbing incident. For the burden of responsibility in this issue lies mostly on the a e
This series -The Squid Game- is a production of South Korea. It parents because, as you already know, the Netflix platform c n
consists of nine episodes about a game of survival, and the shows a disclaimer before each episode that it is advisable not to e l
heavily indebted characters competing in such deadly games. watch this series for children less than 18 years old due to the o i v
Moreover, the series is translated into 37 languages, dubbed in large number of violence scenes that threaten children's t s
34 languages, and it has achieved unprecedented number of behavioral and cognitive development. Also, many schools n i
views around the world estimated in millions. Yet, the around the world have done their part by communicating their a g a
remarkable thing is that the success of this series is not a result of warnings of the risks of children watching this series, because of y
promotional campaigns by Netflix as usual, but rather the story, the killing and violence scenes of its characters that gives the a d
characters, its visual and artistic formulation. This caused it to be child a negative mental image towards the world. l a
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watched at an accelerated rate among large audiences around the Thus, another very important question is raised: To what extent n o i
world, where it is considered the most watched non English- do people prefer material gain over sound child rearing? And to t a
speaking work around the world as the percentage of viewers what extent are parents too busy for their children so much so n r e
from outside South Korea exceeds 90%. However, it is very that such a series gets millions of views among children? t n
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strange that this series was actually written in 2009 by Hwang Whereas such works are considered as embodiment of the harsh I e
Dong, yet many production companies rejected it due to the reality of neoliberal capitalism. Moreover, it attracted such a h t
excessive violence. large audience as it combines child entertainment with deadly g n
Social media is also considered one of the most significant consequences. Furthermore, reactions on the series reveal South i t a
factors for its success, together with the timing of its showing; Korea's increasing influence on the global culture, after the r b
amid the pandemic and quarantine. Another very critical aspect success of the K-pop group BTS. This series won the Academy e l e
is that the timing of its increased popularity coincided with the Award for the first and best non-English speaking show. C *
return of schools, which means that children can play this game Finally, it should be noted that such scenes of violence and
in school with their peers. And here we begin to notice the great murder cause psychological distortions and behavioral disorders
danger of this series, especially for children, because of course to children and adolescents, and they will raise violent behavioral
they tend to imitate Myron. However, an even more dangerous tendencies, so its our responsibility together to avoid such a
phenomenon is introducing this series' characters into the dangerous matter.
electronic games for children which are already full of violence.

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