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Superheroes are a very common interest in our society. They impact people’s lives and make their audiences feel empowered. St. Ambrose University students of Media theory and ethics calculated data in order to find their results that correlated with their research questions. In my personal research, I chose a specific question. My research question is, “What are superhero movies teaching their audiences and has that alternated through the eras?” This question was chosen because growing up I have seen multiple superhero movies, but never put much though into them. After reading some interesting articles about how these types of movies can affect kids mentally, I wanted to explore more. During these next pages, you find the data that was collected …show more content…

The six benefits include: Key concepts, Patience, Confidence, Helpfulness, empowerment and Healthy food choices. The movies allow the young viewers to realize the difference between good and bad when watching the movies. Superhero’s have the mentality that they can conquer anything and everything they want. That makes the viewers think that they can do whatever they want because they will be able to achieve it. The author also went over some life lessons that you can learn from superhero movies. According to Lewis (2013), “Batman: Anyone can be a hero. Batman shows you don't have to be born with superpowers to be a hero. Power Rangers shows how teamwork is essential. The Hulk shows how to Control your temper. Spider-Man shows how to be responsible. Superman shows how one man can make a difference. Iron Man shows how no one is perfect.” While, the disadvantages include: Violence, age appropriateness, safety and aggression. Superhero’s also show the viewers that violence solves everything. There is not a superhero movie out there that thinks talking is the way to go. This can put awful thoughts into young viewers heads because they will think that they don’t need to talk, they can just fight. This article correlates with the ultimate question because it demonstrates how the superhero movies can affect all viewers. The only thing the article is missing is the

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