Negative Effects Of Media On Children

Technology throughout the past 30-40 years has become more advanced and accessible than ever. The television specifically has developed extremely since its beginning. What started off as a single camera caption, has developed into a full fledge worldwide availability. Within the United States, the TV is a normal everyday object common in households, hotels, schools, and even restaurants. There are approximately 118.4 million household in the United States that own a television set ( The Number of TV Households in the United States from season 2000-2001 to season 2016-2017 (in millions)).However, the increased amount of time spent watching TV has had a tremendous impact on people, especially kids. The differences in generations throughout the development of the TV has led to many questions, all revolving around whether or not the televisions has had a good or negative impact pertaining to children. Time spent watching television affects the brain, ability to learn, and skill levels in different areas (source. In the book “Last Child in The Woods,” Richard Louv discusses how children in the 1940’s would watch out the window at the scenery and have conversations, while children now sit and watch a movie on a flip-down video screen without knowledge to the outside world (Louv 16-17).

“Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object.” (Peter). There was a time when all children wanted to do was to run, play, explore, and be adventurous. As time evolved, children have found more interest in television. Statistics show that a child spends 900 hours per year in school,and they spend 1,200 hours per year watching television. When asked to choose between watching T.V. and spending time with their families fifty-four percent of four to six year olds voted they would prefer to watch television. Television has changed the mindset of children over the years it has been proven that the more programs they watch, the more harmful it is to their brain development. T.V.

In the article “TV’s Negative Influence on Kids Reaffirmed” by Jeffrey M. McCall, he addresses the issue of how TV has a negative influence on children. McCall states that young children and toddler’s cognitive ability do not develop as well when they have a television in the background while they are playing and interacting. McCall also argues that TV has a very influential role in the teenage pregnancy rate and how early teens become sexually active. To further prove his point, McCall proclaims that children and teens that are exposed to large amounts of television and video games become socially awkward and have issues interacting in society. McCall also says that the networks are rating their own programs carelessly, which is leading to shows that should be restricted by a V-chip being watched by children, rendering the restricting system null and void.

Toddlers learn to give attention from their parents and a prolonged contact with materials around them. “Toddlers who watch more TV are more likely to have problems paying attention at age 7,” according to Dr. Hill. TV is a distraction. It constantly changes, and this does not teach children to deal with the same task for an extended period. Some sources disapprove not only toddlers watching a TV but also a background TV. The Urban Child Institute, through their research, found that, “Background TV can threaten cognitive and language development and may be linked to attention problems late in childhood” (“Infants, Toddlers and TV”). Most parents expose their children to TV for a different intention. They think TV teaches toddlers a language, their surrounding and giving attention. Intuitively, it seems accurate. However, a scientific evidence and logical reasoning prove toddlers who watch TV are missing what they should be from their surrounding: exploring, playing and interacting with objects around

With the advancement in technology it has become common for infants, toddlers, and young children to be exposed to electronics such as televisions, computers, and videogames for hours at a time. Environmental factors affect children in significant ways. The effects the media and screen time children are revealed to influence their physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development. Television and media can both hinder and encouraging their growth. It is important for guardians, caregivers, teachers, whomever has a child they look after or care for, to make accommodations to construct the best possible environment for children to flourish in. At such a young age, these young humans are like sponges, they absorb much of what surrounds them. Because of this, the importance of trying to make it possible that they are mainly witnessing things helpful to the development of the child and thereby, benefiting them later in life.

As mass media continues to expand through our use of everyday electronics, children 's socialization skills may be suffering by the lack of face to face, physical, and natural interaction. Mass media like television, computers, radios, newspapers, video games and many others play a huge role in socialization in children. Children need interaction, and mass media offers no physical interaction at all. Children are spending more and more time in the house on their tablets, watching TV, and surfing the internet. It is cutting into their time with friends and family, as well as time getting physical exercise. It is also affecting their cognitive thinking and abilities to socialize with others.

Television can affect learning and school performance if it exceeds the time kids need for their crucial for healthy physical and mental development. Most of children's free time, especially during the early development years, should be spent in activities such as playing, reading, exploring nature, learning about music or participating in sports. Research has shown that children's exposure to television during the preschool years is predictive of academic outcomes during adolescence. The most notable lesson about this

In our society, technologies are now easily accessible. With smartphones, tablet, computer, gaming devices along with television, young children have the access to these devices effortlessly. In the twenty-first century, technologies run our life, they keep us entertain and busy. Lots of people see no harms in it and believe that technologies are the key to a better future. Although the belief is true, having young children as old as 1 month old have access to technology is not the answer for a bright future. We see young children able to use phone and tablet rapidly. They learn much faster than an adult and sometimes, they learn how to use the devices much more effectively than an adult. For younger children, parents tend to use the television as their main source to keep their kids occupy and a resource for education. Having a kid around while trying to get things done is difficult. Kids take up most of our free time and parents sometimes just want to get some things done like chores or cooking. Because of that, parents rely on the television to keep the child company for a while. Other time, parents use educational programs on the television to teach their children much quicker than having to sit down, and find way to explain to young children about certain things. The question to focus on is, does television good for the children? Millennial parents should know about how long hours of television viewing time will affect their children milestone development in a long run.

In today’s society, there are a number of factors that affect a child’s ability to learn. The media, for good and for bad, is the primary teacher of American youth. This environment reflects life itself, sometimes in a corrupt way, including the positive and heinous parts, along with the beautiful and hideous parts, as well as the charitable and violent parts. It is almost impossible to protect American youth from experiences reflecting the adult world when the media invades homes and becomes so much a part of everyday living. “American teenagers spend 31 hours a week watching television, 10 hours a week online, 4 hours a week reading magazines, and 17 hours a week listening to music” (Miss). Even though mass media is a huge part of a

Is television making your child smart enough to read this research paper? Is Sesame Street teaching Little Tommy how to spell “dog”? When you watch a children 's television program you understand most of the content and lessons. Good for you. It’s made for children and you’re an adult. However, are the children able to grasp these lessons and is it affecting their social behaviors? The history of children 's programming shows an increase in quality programming and new content for children is constantly being made with networks like Nickelodeon announcing more than 650 episodes of new and returning series in 2016/2017. You can take a child outside, throw a stick, and yell “fetch,” however the average amount of television a child consumes is increasing and affecting the amount of reading time and outdoor time a child gets. However, the time they spend indoors watching television might actually be improving their education. Although a lot of research shows that television can have a negative effect on a child 's psychological development, if regulated and selective it can positively influence a child’s academic skills, the perception of the world, and overall knowledge.

The media can be a powerful tool to get a message across. The media have been around for a while now, and in some cases it can be a useful tool to catch up with current events. In other cases it can be a total misrepresentation of the truth when it comes to controversial topics. The media use some controversial topics in order to get more and more people watch, read, and listen to their source. An example of a controversial topic, used by the media was the connection of the MMR vaccine with autism symptoms. Many media sources claim that the vaccine triggers the symptoms of autism. One of the main people causing the scare was Andrew Wakefield, a scientist who’s flawed study caused a public scare. Many people only believed his study because it was covered extensively by the media. The constant struggle of separating the real from the fake in the media often leads to citizens making misinformed decisions.

Television, music, video games, and other form of media are all things that are fun and sometimes educational for kids, but can be a bad influence on children, depending on the content. These all should be used to teach children how to solve problems and expand their mind, rather than teaching them to kill people and portraying someone negatively. The images and stories shown to children and teenagers make it difficult

Media and its content have become an important part of our society. As traditional family bonds seem to be disappearing, more and more young children are relying on media to get the information they need on how to act as adults and function in society. However, most media is not created in order to instruct young children. On the contrary most of the media that adolescents are exposed to are created for adults who have the capabilities to recognize what is appropriate and moral. 64% of all shows on TV have sexual content, (Collins, Elliot, Berry, Kanouse, Kunel, Hunter, Miu) many of the shows on prime time (after nine pm) have intense sexual messages that are not meant to be seen by younger viewers. However, lack of parental presence,

In an article entitled “Violence and Suffering in Television News: Toward a Broader Conception of Harmful Television Content for Children” found on the Pediatrics Journal website, Dr. Walma Van Der Molan writes, “Pediatricians are in good position to inform parents, educators, policy makers, and broadcasters of the potential harmful effects of violent news and to suggest ways to enhance children’s understanding of such news information. Pediatricians could take action within their own practice, for example by including news consumption in the assessment of children’s media histories and by preventing children from watching violent news during their stay in the hospital. However, they could also engage awareness of the negative consequences of violent news within other domains”(1773).

Mass media is the media a person sees or hears in magazines, television, radio, etc. Media images is what a person sees with their own eyes. A person can see media images through social media, the computer, television, magazines and anything else a person can see with their eyes. Gender socialization is how a person sees media. A person in any gender contributes how they see media through their expectations and attitudes. Media plays a large roll through a person’s life. Media affects the way a person’s sees themselves, how they may see the world around them, and how they think they should look or feel.