In this essay I will be talking about how children are affected by television. Although many parents these days do not want their children to watch television, there are a lot of educational shows available today. Many parents may not want their children to watch modern television, and I would have to tell those parents that there are some shows out there these days that are very educational and they are aimed towards the young. Watching the educational cartoons can be very helpful for a child’s mind. There can be positive results emotionally, physically, and psychologically.
One the first hand, I believe that there can t be an equal substitute for real teachers and actual books. Television cannot be compared or beat what those two can teach people. Robinson claims that since professors and teachers are highly educated and normally well experienced in their field of work, it is difficult if not impossible to compare them to TV. Shows. Thereby we cannot evaluate the work of professionals the same way as amateurs.
For example, One can watch a one hour history program and be interested in what is being said where as most people would not make it to page five of a history book. Although watching Television may be more fun and entertaining, In Johnson’s article Why Games Are Good For You, he talks about how effective media have become in educating children but at the same time these methods of teaching are causing children to lack cognitive skills, causing a deficiency in concentration skills, the ability to pay attention, as
Outline and evaluate one psychological explanation of media influences on pro-social behaviour One psychological explanation of media influences on pro-social behaviour is parental mediation. Singer suggested that parents can enhance children’s understanding by watching pro-social programmes with their children and discussing the moral content and reinforcing the pro-social message. By adults explaining the message to their children it enables them to understand much easier and they can take it on board. Morals in pro-social programmes tend to be harder to understand than anti-social behaviour. Age is an important factor for understanding pro-social behaviour.
Neil Postman strongly believes that due to the extent of technology we have today compared to the past 50 years, the idea of childhood is disappearing. This is caused by children being able to easily access ‘the content of the adult world’ through television that is unfolded all at once, making it hard to control the socialization of the young. Postman backs up his argument with figures that show in particular that children are fully engaged in crime and stresses how children lack a real childhood compared to the past 50 years. Although he tries and creates a stronger argument with statistics there is no definite relationship between crime and watching TV, this is just a correlation as other factors may be increasing crime. Sue Palmer is another sociologist that believes the increasing impact of technology and the media over the past 50 years is causing childhood to deteriorate.
The author not only discussed the shortcomings of the research article, but she made valid points as to how the research was meaningful and significant. The impact of the article leaves readers with the sense that there needs to be a change in what our children are watching. The research study proved that even in as little as nine minutes children’s overall cognitive functioning decreases when watching fast paced shows. By watching these fast paced shows (compared to drawing or educational programs) children are being primed to be A.D.H.D like impulsive and are not being able to control their attention spans, solve problems, or handle delay of gratification and working memory dilemmas. From the results and the article, parents should be aware of the consequences that these fast paced programs may have on their
It’s a positive influence, because overall media has it good. Nowadays you are able to do so much things via media, you are able learn from it; there are various forms of educational options you can receive via media, you can also communicate with relatives through social media. Some people would think It would be negative, because they bad things that’s displayed on these media devices. Such as rated R movies and children still being allowed to see these things, which aren’t suitable for children. Since before my time, media has had a huge impact on American culture.
She believed “a pattern of repeated actions. Clusters of schemas developed into later concepts” Media reports have an influence on the way children play because news reports that are on the television and in newspapers will make parents not want to let their children leave the house because of what may be happening in surrounding areas. Technology will also restrict children from playing, this could be because of game consoles or television programmes. This is because children are more interested in playing on the latest games and watching their favourite television programmes this will cause obesity in children because they will not be getting the required amount of exercise
Kids and Education John Taylor Gatto states his thesis “Why Schools Don’t Educates” that two institutions control children’s lives: Television and school. The reader must accept that no fact for the balance of the article to make sense. One has to agree that pressure and parental guidance are of minor influence. However, assuming that the massive amount of time he claims is spent watching television is correct, it quickly becomes clear that the place to begin to help a child grow intellectually would be to severely limit the fantasy world of television. Fifty six hours a week is amazing.
The debate as to whether the impact is positive or negative has been taking place since the inception of the TV in the late 1940’s. Television’s potential to connect, educate, and inform the public is often overshadowed by the lack of individual responsibility in using this modern-day miracle, therefore causing its impact on society to be viewed as negative. Television provides viewers