How Does Media Affect Children

The audience is able to read the alarming data that shows why parents should be concerned with the effect the media has on young minds. Hanes uses plot development to keep readers interested making the readers wanting to know more of what can happen if parents don’t monitor what their kids are seeing. For example, She discusses first hand accounts of her experience on how Disney Princesses could negatively affect young children and she continues this strategy for the entire article. When Hanes does this strategy, she helps the audience create an emotional bond with the

In the article, “Confessions of a news junkie who hides the news from his kids,” Barry Gittins discusses the topic of mass media, he asserts that it has misguided children. Mass media has always been something to inform people. Yet, it’s the over consumption of media seems to affect the mental and physical wellness of children. This new generation of advancing gadgets and devices has altered children’s way of life and connections. The best way to avoid harming the child’s mental and physical wellness is moderation on the screens. Parents claim that in their youth, they used their creativity or sensibility to create things that make them occupied and entertained them. Children are only children once. So, why not bring that back and help the

Parents should be included in delivering the curriculum. Practitioners need to find out about parent’s skills and utilise these where possible (Macleod- Brudenell & Kay 2008 p.296)

The media plays an important role in society by creating and shaping society’s attitudes about most current issues including child abuse. In New Zealand, as well as in the international media, the physical abuse of a child regularly features in the newspapers, magazines, radio and television (Merchant, 2010). When it comes to the public understanding of child abuse, this is influenced by the knowledge that they gain through reading newspapers or mass media like the television or radio. Kitzinger (2004) states that our individual view and sense of the world are a social construct and the media are an important resource to help us construct that world view.

Even though people that children trust can have a big influence on their lives the media can also. One of the ways the media affects children are with images. Even though

A survey questionnaire was developed to gather data to try to find an answer to the above

The authors state reliability and validity testing were not completed on the survey questions (Gordon et al., 2014, p.14), and include this as a

If parents want media to

     What impact does sex, violence, drugs, etc. in the media have on children? What can we do about it? How do we balance the tension between freedom of expression and the need to protect children? When you talk about the media and whether or not it is harmful on children, you must examine the whole industry and all aspects of its effects on children. It is that the media as a whole is not as harmful to children as some intense other can, but over exposure to certain aspects of certain types of media can be harmful. To say that all media can be harmful to children is a fallacy that must be avoided when examining this topic. Most people when analyzing this issue tend to focus on drugs, sex, and violence in terms of

A mother of a ten year old was interviewed in person, regarding the media assumption habits of her child. Her name is to be Juana and her son is to be Pedro; Juana started by describing Pedro as quick-tempered and a very shy boy. Pedro spends most of his day playing his Xbox 1 video game or watching T.V., which is almost always youtube videos since it is a smart T.V., a T.V. set that can connect to the internet. Pedro sleeps in the bedroom with his parents. When it comes to the dynamic of the household, it includes both parents, an older sister and brother and one of the child's uncle as well. Juana also added the fact that a room is being rented out to a mother and a child of the age of three.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has published new recommendations for children’s media use. The Academy has confidently lowered the age of acceptable screen media consumption from 2 years to 18 months. “This is the first time the group is acknowledging that some media may have an educational value for children under two” but with one strong stipulation, parental involvement (Tribbey, 2016, para. 3). Dr. Jenny Radesky, author of the policy statement, says that although the age has been lowered it is really the parent’s responsibility to explain to their children what is being consumed. Dr. Megan Moreno explains “parents can set expectations and boundaries to make sure their children's media experience is a positive one” (Tribbey, 2016,

Another media practice is parenting advice given on websites. Dolev and Zeedyk (2006) studied parenting websites show how events in society are expected to be handled in parents

Unlike previous generations who were “introduced” to the internet, television and social media, the present generation is “born” in it. By this statement, it is implied that children today are much closer to technology and media than adults are, and so, are more likely to be affected by it. Perhaps, the highest impact on the physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development of children and adolescents is by media due to its ready availability through Smart phones, tablet PCs and other portable devices. This paper attempts to evaluate some of the influences of media on various aspects of child and adolescent development.

For years, many researchers have done individual studies on how media affects children. A review, which analyzed 173 of the strongest papers over 28 years, found that “80% of researchers are in agreement that heavy media exposure increases the risk of harm to children, including obesity, smoking, early engagement in sexual activity, drug and alcohol use, attention problems, and poor grades” (Szabo).

The information learned through media literacy can also be applied to the second argument that focuses upon the influence media exercises on our values and behaviors. Media is probably the most powerful influence on teen attitudes and beliefs in American society. The abundance of media exposure contributes