Censorship is used in television by ratings such as General audience, Parental Guidance Suggested, PG-13 strongly advises guidance for children under age 13 and R requires accompaniment by an adult for children under age 17, or 18 in some states. The media today is filled with entertainment because without entertainment
But if a kid is left alone or unsupervised they could watch shows that encourage them to act differently than usual. Shows on MTV like “Skins, Jersey Shore”, and Jackass could cause them to mimic and use the words they say on these shows or movies (MTV Bad Influence). Of course not all of what they say on these shows is bad but granted a bunch of the shows on MTV aren’t the greatest shows for a little kid to watch but are also meant for older people. If you left a kid alone and the kid knew how to look for channels with no parental controls on the receiver box, your kid could end up watching Jackass or Viva la Bam. Now nobody wants their kid to watch those shows because they could learn from the bad behaviors that these shows air on TV.
This gives young viewers an outlet to be like well they ended up on TV doing all the things we are not supposed to do. They are constantly fighting with one another when the original purpose of the show was to help them change their lives. They walk around half dressed and ready to fight. Instead of them pulling together and actually trying to change their behavior, it gets worse! The use of vulgar language is at an all-time high, and the level of self-respect is zero, and ratings are through the roof.
In analyzing Dr. Grohol’s article, “The Debilitating Effects of TV on Children”, the main purpose is to portray the harm that watching television has on children during their childhood and the effects throughout their future. He argues that television is an unhealthy activity by comparing it to cigarette smoking, which is a harmful activity that society continues to whitewash. What is worse is that children are exposed to it as if it were as innocent as playing with their toys. Grohol, J. (2009).
The form of totalitarianism and censorship through the government is indeed destroying humanity, thus the government has become very corrupted due to the fact that censorship and totalitarianism are making people miserable, suicidal and brainwashed. The novel’s point of view is clearly against censorship: the general population are living in darkness, with their television screens dominating their homes and radios constantly blaring in their ears. This is a form of making society less knowledgeable and brainwashed, also removing emotions. Captain Beatty who works for the Fire department is the closest example to the totalitarianism. The fireman getting rid of anything the government
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
Many have more. One study found that 32 percent of children age’s two to seven had television sets in their bedroom. This number increased to 65 percent for children ages eight to 18. Although television can be an educational tool for student, exposing them to information and situations that they cannot experience first hand, social scientists and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have raised specific concerns about the effect of television watching on young student development. Areas of concern include: inability of young student to distinguish between television fantasy and reality exposure to television violence, especially where violence is not shown to have any serious consequences exposure
Imagine a kid solving a puzzle -which will help to develop his brain- instead of watching TV; also this kind of activities will keep him safe from violence. Ratings: I have seen a TV channel specifying violence ratings, I cannot recall the channel but every time I see it has violence on it I change the channel. We shouldn’t have to watch a program to see if it is violent. Sometime we start watching a program just to see if it appropriate or not to watch and then we realized that even it has violence we watched the entire TV show I think ratings will work just
shows, vitiates the purity and innocence of young minds. On the internet, children under the age of 18 can enter adult websites; such as Xtube, Fakku, and Redtube. Sure they ask for the age when you first enter the site, but lying is always possible. Though many people argue that it’s up to the kids to decide what they want to watch the rated contents or not, but if there is no internet then the kids wouldn’t even be watching it in the first place. Maybe adult pornography sites don’t apply to every single kid, but how about the violent, gory, and explicit video games that elementary school children play?
Diminishing Values of Reality Television Karen Christy ENG122: English Composition II Sara Esquivia May 5th, 2012 Reality television has set low standards for ourselves and our youth in society today, such as glorifying being sixteen and pregnant, how real housewives in the "city" act, and having toddlers look too grown up for their ages. There are still some good values in some programs but there seem to be more diminishing values in reality television shows. Reality television has distorted reality for our children in this society. The show Jersey Shore has little positive values in its episodes. The positive values that are portrayed for teens and young adults to pick up on are loyalty and family importance.