Children and Television Kyiesha Isiah COM/156 February 17‚ 2013 Gina Greco Children and Television According to the AC Nielson Company‚ 2007 the average American child will watch eight thousands murders before finishing elementary school. In years past children went outside for recreation‚ this tradition has now been replaced with television contributing to childhood obesity. The time children today are spending watching television has reached critical levels causing many experts to be
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Television and Children Michael Bertleff Com/156 November 18‚ 2012 Pamela Talley Television and Children The year is 2012 and the amount of violence children are exposed to has increased in many forms of media. Over 40 years ago‚ all society had to worry about was the violence on television and movies. Now society has to protect children from exposure to violence on the video games they play and from social networks on the Internet. Parents want to keep the children as innocent and pure
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Television and Children How big a presence is TV in kids ’ lives? Kids with a TV in their bedroom spend an average of almost 1.5 hours more per day watching TV than kids without a TV in the bedroom. Many parents encourage their toddlers to watch television. Most children ’ s programming does not teach what parents say they want their children to learn; many shows are filled with stereotypes‚ violent solutions to problems‚ and mean
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Children and Television COM/156 Children and Television It is proven that children who watch television shows such as SpongeBob Squarepants score an average of twelve points lower on their I.Q. tests. Study suggests that watching just nine minutes of programs such as those can cause short-term attention and learning problems in four-year-olds (Fox News‚ 2011). Parents have become accustom to convenience and the sheer quickness of everything. The TV becomes a cheap and easy babysitter
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Culture Changes Exposing children to too much television can cause health concerns‚ slower development in the brain‚ and an addiction to television. It slowly kills your brain cells‚ because you begin to feed into some of the stupidity that is found on the television. The more scientific facts of why it kills your brain cells is because the more you watch television‚ you begin to lose sight of the real world. You can begin to think that what you see on television is real. Which we all know it
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access to television programming. With the variety of programs available children are exposed to many factors concerning choice. These choices can lead to a wide array of results depending on the type of content which is viewed. Positive programming can promote the learning of valuable skills and knowledge to enable success in life‚ while negative programming may have diverse opposite effects. The contents of television programming affect the health‚ behaviors and learned life skills in children. First
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Television is a big part of everyone’s life‚ including young children and it is a concern for parents if it is in the child’s best interest to watch different programing. There are a lot of different shows that are directed to children‚ but not all of the shows are age appropriate. The ratings along with the content can help with deciding what children should watch. A variety of studies have been done in regards to how television can impact children in different age groups and whether it is beneficial
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Violence is all over the media today‚ contained within the daily news‚ music‚ newspapers‚ and television. It is especially seen within popular programs among children. Children are easily influenced by what they view‚ which is why violence on television negatively affects the way children behave. All too often today‚ we hear about children committing some heinous crime which is frequently media-related. Take for instance this excerpt from Douglas Rushkoff ’s essay "Hating What Sucks": In October
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of Kansas she believes that "children who watch the violent shows‚ even ’just funny’ cartoons‚ were more likely to hit out at their playmates‚ argue‚ disobey class rules‚ leave tasks unfinished‚ and were less willing to wait for things than those who watched the nonviolent programs" (162). While reading this article‚ it clearly states that children shouldn’t be watching violent shows at such a young age. "Just by limiting the number of hours children watch television will probably reduce the amount
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Children and Violence Every child needs its parent’s love and undivided attention throughout their childhood and adolescent phase. Kids need to be able to trust their parents‚ along with being taught the difference between right and wrong. Without proper parental supervision‚ a child can suffer severe emotional and psychological distress. Discipline should be a philosophy that parents must use in their day-to-day life. Hitting a child is unacceptable in that it teaches the child that it is
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