...English 240 Television Viewing and Child Development. Introduction There are hundreds of television channels offered by cable companies. What is your child watching? A child sitting with a remote in front of a television could be watching anything! Are you aware of the potential effects that television can have on a child’s development? Television has the potential to be dangerous in a child’s development. In what ways can Television be detrimental to a child and their development? They could be watching cartoons, or programs showing content that is not suitable for young minds. Watching television can have negative health effects on a child's development. Some of these negative effects are dealing with sexuality, aggressive behavior, and academic performance. Not all television viewing is negative. Television can be beneficial to a child’s development as long as it is content appropriate. By the end of this essay I will discuss some ways to help reduce the possible negative effects of Television on a child, and explain in what ways television can be beneficial to a child’s development. Whether you are a parent, aunt, uncle, or just as a positive role model, your main priority is being the best influence possible. Therefore, if there are ways to help a child’s development in a positive manor wouldn’t you like to know? Positive effects of watching television on a Child’s Development. Television can be utilized to help enhance a child’s development in many...
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...History of Color Television 8 1.3 The Inventor of Television 10 1.4 The Definition of Television 12 1.5 Current Issues 13 Positive and Negative Effects of Television 13 1.5.1 Positive Effects of Television on Children 13 • Television as education 13 • Moderation 13 • Family bonding through television 13 • Educational programs 14 • Amusement 14 • Catalyst for reading 14 • Wonder 14 • Introduces new cultures 15 • Bridge to conversations 15 • Other positive effects 15 1.5.1 Negative Effects of Television on Children 16 • Violence 16 • Passivity 16 • Risky behaviors 16 • Obesity 16 1.5.2 Positive Effects of Television on Society 17 • Spreading Information 17 • Creating Memories 17 • Social Media 17 1.5.3 Negative Effects of Television on Society 18 • Desensitized to Violence 18 • Increased Aggression in Adults 18 1.5.4 Positive Effects of Television on Nation 19 1.5.5 Negative Effects of Television on Nation 20 1.6 How to Influence Positive Behavior of Watching Television in Children 21 1.7 Understanding Television Ratings and the V-Chip 23 1.8 The Effects on the Economy 25 a) Children Buy 25 b) Advertising Sales 25 c) Hollywood Profits 25 1.9 The Effects on the Culture 27 1.10 The Effect on the Politic 28 1.11 The Statistics. 29 1.12 Objective of Television 31 2. Findings from interview with the media practitioner 32 3. Conclusion 33 4. Bibliography 34 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Scanning Disk Television Set (closed-open)...
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...Television and Children COM/172 "Children who watch a lot of television are likely to: have lower grades in school, read fewer books, exercise less, and be overweight." (Children and Watching TV., n.d.) Based on research, there are many more negative effects that television has on children than there are positive effects. While there are a few positive effects that television watching can have on children, the negative effects seem to outweigh the good. Television can affect children socially, psychologically, and physically and each of these aspects are equally harmful to children. Television takes the time away that is needed for children to develop language and social skills. A child's language and social skills are developed by interacting with people, talking, and listening. Language and social skills cannot be developed or improved by listening to a television. Children who watch too much television are also at risk for developing anti-social behaviors; these behaviors include: stealing, bullying, and fighting. “The fifteen per cent of five-year-olds who spend at least three hours in front of the television each day are at a slightly higher risk of anti-social behavior by the age of seven.” (Collins, N., 2013) Although bad behaviors can be learned from television, there are also studies that show good behaviors can be learned from television too. Television has positive effects on children when they are exposed to positive role models. When children watch...
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...How Television Affects Children COM/156 October 28, 2012 How Television Affects Children Did you know that a study that was reported by the American Academy of Pediatrics discovered that there is more violence in children’s programming than any other programming?(Adams, 2010) Today’s children are influenced by what they see and hear on television whether they are watching a cartoon or an educational program. While some television shows are educational, television can have a more serious effect on a child, like disruptive behavior and obesity. At times, television may seem like a good idea. Many people use it for a source of entertainment, especially in children. There are some positive effects that result from a child watching television. Today, children have the opportunity to watch shows like Dora, Barney, Blue’s Clues, and Sesame Street. I remember when I was a child watching shows like Sesame Street and Mister Roger’s Neighborhood. Educational shows should contain information that can teach a child about letters, which can improve a child’s vocabulary. Other shows can teach children about shapes, manners, feelings, and even a foreign language. Some television programming can even allow children to explore their imagination and creativity, giving them the opportunity to travel around the world and learn new cultures. Shows which are on the Discovery or History channel and even the National Geographic channel are a good source for educational programming. These channels...
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...Television and Children NaTasha Buggs Com/172 January 9, 2012 Melissa Glossup Television has made a big effect on our children today by having attention disorders, obesity, and many more. Learning the negative effect, positive effect , and knowing how to monitor our kids viewing habits will help parents see what effect television has on children. Television causes a negative effect on children. Research shows that television can cause attention disorders and emotion disorders that lead to trouble on down the line. Attention disorders have been a big concern in children today. Studies show that a big result from attention disorder comes from children watching too much television. “Watching television leads to a developmental disorder in the part of the brain, which is responsible for language skills” (Oak, Manila Para 3). This tells us that kids are learning their language skills not just from parents, but from television as well to much of unsupervised television could cause children to develop the wrong type of language skill. The brain develops rapidly between the ages of one and five years watching television over a certain amount of time a day could cause attention disorder. “ Researchers have found that every hour preschoolers watch television each day boosts their chances by about 10percent of developing attention deficit problems later in life” (organic consumers...
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...Rosa Aguilera 10/22/2012 C. Millan ENG 1A DLA Television in our Life Since TV was invented in 1926, it has been a tool that has contributed to the development of humans. Television is considered to be the most effective means of communication in our world today. Many people think that watching TV is a destructive activity and a waste of time, but television is a positive cultural force in America for three important effects in people’s life; to provide knowledge, quick information, and entertainment. The first effect of television is to provide people knowledge by giving them the chance to know more things about the world. Since television is a source that almost every person can have at home, one can take advantage of the different educational programs. Also, one can watch the file of science, politics, and economics, and thus acquire knowledge in these fields. The second effect of television is that provides quick information.TV offers a variety of channels where people can find information about what is going on around the world. Through the news channel a person can make himself aware about any event that might have occurred. Today viewers can watch local, regional, and national news programming at any time of the day. TV is a simple convenient and fast way to be informed. The third effect of television is of entertainment. Prior to television era, people have different notions of entertainment, just as parties, sports, festivals, concerts, and cinema, but that list...
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...How Media Effect Children Franchester White Eng/101 September 7, 2014 Karen Strimkovskey Is your child safe? As a parent, you always want to know what your child is watching on television. The media is a powerful tool that doesn’t always teach a positive lesson. Media have provided the means and opportunity for children to distort reality into fallacies through television and video games. While media programs have a negative effect on children, there are some positive programs. The largest amounts of violence are found in children shows. Children between the age of 2 and 18 spends 6 hours and 32 minutes on an average a day using media with the exception of sleeping this is more than they spend on any other activity. When multiple media is stimulated, this time is increased to 8 hours a day. Big parts of media exposure are violent acts that are also witnessed in video games. On an average, a young child will have viewed 200,000 acts of violence on television (TV). Exposure to violent media wrecks havoc on thoughts, feeling, and most importantly, behavior. “The Influence of Media Violence on Youth,” a report appearing in the December 2003 edition of “Psychological Science in the Public Interest,” points to strong evidence points to the exposure to media violence causes boost in physically and verbally aggressive behavior in children. “Extensive research evidence indicates that media violence can contribute to aggressive behavior...
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...decades, television has become such integrated part of our life that many of us are unable to live without them. The idea of television and its relationship with intelligence have triggered great controversy. Steven Johnson argues that the increasing complexity of the television shows compared to a few decades ago, have helped the viewers to improve their cognitive and inference abilities, essentially, watching the television make you smarter. On the contrary, Dana Stevens argues that watching the television does not essentially make the viewers smarter, but its negative impact, especially on younger generation, is almost unquestionable. Both Arthur have argued the effects of the television on the viewers, but they differ essentially on the impacts of the television. The main difference lies in Johnson’s acceptance and Stevens’ rejection of the assumption that the effect of the television has a positive impact on the viewers’ cognitive ability. Common sense seems to dictate that even though televisions have changed the way people think, but their effects are not necessarily positive. According to Johnson, television programs have grown more complicated over time. As evidence, he pointed out the shows like “24” have integrate far more information than a few decades ago watching a comparable show. Johnson assumes that by keeping up with the entertainment, such as “24”, the viewers need to pay attention, and make inferences to keep up with the plot. He argues that as television becoming...
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...ENG 120 Children and television: A lethal combination? Many people believe that television can be good for young children and it helps to develop their mind before they attend school. While this may be true, it may also has an overall negative effect on children. Television can be lethal because it teaches children and culturally structures their mind. If a program on television shows a person eating spaghetti with his hands and a child watches this, then the child with think that it can be ok to eat spaghetti with his/her hands. In the developing stage of a child’s mind, everything that is being exposed to them is going to have a profound effect on them. We could say that only certain programs are carrying positive messages whereas the negative impact of television may be dominant. Overall, the television exposes the child to violent/deviant behavior, children build some of their morals and ethics from television and television also causes sleeping defects, obesity and other illnesses. Television can promote certain behaviors to children at young ages, for example if a child is exposed to violence on television, then that program is promoting aggressive behavior and the child can then begin to act more aggressively. Many researches show how television programs negatively affect children and their behavior from a process called imitation. Moreover, children, who are exposed to television programs showing violence, are more or less likely to affect their...
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...influence on the people. The effects of entertainment can both be positive and negative. This influence of the entertainment industry has grown tremendously over the years. The influence can be greatly attributed to the advancement of technology. Entertainment is mostly through the media which includes; the television, magazines, newspapers, radio, and internet, among others. The influence of entertainment on the younger generation affects the way that they dress, talk, and act. This is because the current generation and society depends on entertainment as a form of communication and information. The society, therefore, turns to entertainment for the daily activities like education, health care, traveling, work, and personal relationships. This paper is going to look at the effects of entertainment on the younger generation. In addition, it is going to look at how entertainment affects the young generation in terms of their acts, the way they dress, and talk. Introduction A nation like America is an example, of a country that has developed in terms of entertainment (Fisher 58). It is one of the countries that has got and has produced some of the greatest entertainers. The country is one of the leading producers of entertainment in the planet. In addition, it is one of the nations that there is a greater influence of entertainment on the younger generation. The effects of entertainment on the younger generation in America can be said to be both positive and negative. The influence...
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...lives of many, it is going to affect the American culture and our values. These affects have a greater impact on the younger generations. Entertainment media has influenced American culture in many ways. The effects that media has on our culture can be both positive and negative. Entertainment media has grown greatly over the years. Entertainment has grown from just being books and magazines to television and the internet. These changes have helped form our generations. Television is one of the most popular forms of entertainment media. Television exposes us to many different types of entertainment media including sports, news, television programing, and advertisements. These types of media can have both positive and negative influences on American culture. Sports games can have a positive impact on society because they encourage younger generations to exercise and to play sports. Negative influences on television include programing that sex, drugs, and violence. Musical Entertainment also plays a role in entertainment media. From rap to hip hop, country to rock, music influences society. Many people relate to the lyrics of the song. Songs of love, heartbreak, or expressing other feeling, music relates to people’s emotions. This can have both positive and negative effects on American culture. Certain genres of music including rap and hip hop have a more negative affect because they use inappropriate language or talk about violence and gangs. This can have play a negative role...
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...Television and Children In the last couple of years the growing concern over the effect of television on children has gripped the nation. Studies have shown that today’s shows on television have a negative effect on the social behavior on children, causing them, among other things, to be more hostile toward others, and interact less with others. While in the past, cartoons could have been an easy target by parents and other watchdogs on this issue, these days, other types of shows and programming have been culprits as well. The suggested solutions on how to remedy this stem from parents connecting with their children. As the saying goes, easy to say, but hard to do. In today’s busy world, parents often miss how big a presence television is in their children’s live. According to the University of Michigan Health System, “television viewing among kids is at an eight year high” (Boyse, 2010, para. 6). Children spend an average of 32 hours a week in front of the television, collectively from watching movies, playing videogames, or just watching shows on TV. As their parents get busier with work, children spend more time finding ways to entertain themselves, and the most obvious choice is the TV. Television executives are aware of this, of course, and today many shows are being geared toward babies and toddlers as opposed to past generations, making television the number one teacher in the early lives of these young ones. According to Jerry Odland (2004), “young children are spending...
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...Media Violence Jessica Higginson PSY101: Introduction to Psychology Instructor: Hillary Locke Sept. 28, 2014 Media Violence and Violent Behavior in Children Is violence on television turning our children into violent, destructive, hateful people? Television shows today can be a powerful influence in developing value systems and shaping behavior (Bee, 1998: 261-262). Violence surrounds us due to most of what is on television is violent. For example take Saturday morning cartoons; the level of violence during Saturday morning cartoons is higher than the level of violence during prime time. During prime time there are six to eight violent acts per hour while there are twenty to thirty violent acts during Saturday morning cartoons ("Killing Screens," 1994). Before children finish grade school, they will have witnessed up to eight thousand murders and one hundred thousand violent acts on television (Levine, 1995: 143). Children learn about life through media more than in any other manner. The average child spends approximately twenty-seven hours per week watching television, which means that children spend most of their time only watching television and sleeping (Minow & LaMay, 1995: 32-33). Also, it has been proven by many studies that there is a positive relationship between television violence and behavioral problems in children. The research done by Wood, Wong, and Chachere (1991:378) has shown that "exposure to media violence increase viewers' aggression." This paper...
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...Running Head: TELEVISION IN AMERICAN CULTURE AND YOUTH 1. Television in American Culture and Youth Today Gwendolyn E. Allen Liberty University Television in American Culture 2. Figure [ 1 ] Home of the Heatons Television directly affects children today in many different ways. Media consumes much of people’s time through television and internet. Television has been a part of Americans lives for many years. When television was young the shows it aired were wholesome and rated G, television was not available constantly, and there were three channels available. Now day’s television can be viewed constantly, many channels are available, and what was once HBO material is now basic cable. Television influences American teens behavior, health, morals, and intelligence. This image is from a website entitled Home of the Heaton’s. The author is unknown but the point of this cartoon is clear. The left image shows a man in the year 1990 with a slender build with a large older model television next to him. The image on the right shows that same man eighteen years later in 2008 with a much heavier build and a new model television next to him. This cartoon is sending the message that television has affected the obesity...
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...May 12, 2014 Abstract If a black man is mentioned in the news, newspaper, magazine ads, television shows, or internet blogs, it is usually related to a negative, stereotypical thought of black men as a whole. The media constantly produces images of black men as sexually-instable, violent, and unintelligent. Such portrayals ultimately influence the nation when it comes to what black men are thought to be like. If the media gave honest and positive portrayals of black men, less racism would exist because people would be able to see the black men of this world for who they really are. In this paper, I give examples of how black men are negatively portrayed in the media and suggest how such misrepresentation can be stopped; by positive portrayals of black men in the media. Over the decades, the media has become an extremely influential power tool when it comes to making assertions about certain groups of people. African-Americans are one of the media’s many victims of false generalizations that influence the world beyond the television screens. Black men are constantly depicted as sexually-instable, angry, uneducated criminals throughout the media, in which, has an ultimate effect on how these men are represented throughout this society. Such depictions are one of the reasons why racism and stereotypical beliefs continue to exist throughout this world. If the media gave honest and positive portrayals of black men, less racism would exist because people would be able to see the...
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