Vulgar language routinely appears in programs and movies which is accessible to youth. It is realistic and believable to younger youth which can lead them to aggressiveness. As with our American youth viewing these ideas, these images are imposed on the viewers, especially the younger generation. There is a huge amount of younger children that sit and watch television for many hours. In doing that it will handicap their brains.
Some say it has changed for the worst; that it is a bad influence on others choices, whereas others say it still has the same typical concept. They fail to realize that reality television is simply just a documentary of people’s lives. Whether they choose to take each other’s heads off or make love to their best friends’ boyfriend, it will not have a negative effect on people’s life decisions or choices. When people think about Reality TV they begin to picture a group of people arguing and punching each other out simply because that is what reality TV has become today. For some reason the bickering and fighting on these shows tends to attract a large audience.
Since kids are also watch tv, parents have more concerns of the way there kids think about violence they see, read or hear. Also the media violence can affect people in many ways.Some people start having serious fears of them being victims in real life. However, there are researchers that say they have discovered that when they show violence on television it shows children to be not be so sensitive to pain and suffering of other people. Crime drama has become one of the most popular TV genres in our society, taking up almost 20% of prime time. People like these dramas because they deal with themes and issues that they know from news and current events.Also important as the themes and issues that the dramas deal with are the things the characters care about and the way they act.
These are called ‘shame shows’, shows that give us what we want, but what they give us is so shameful that we wouldn’t even admit we love them to other people. So why do we watch these shows? Is it because we find these shows relatable, characters around our age going through similar situations? Situations involving juicy gossip, drama, beautiful people falling into tough situations. Violence on T.V is a major factor that influences most children.
Today’s top entertainment as far as media goes is television. Viewers choose to watch reality television over any other programming because it’s filled with much controversy and stereotyping. People don’t necessarily watch the programming because of the stereotyping, but because it’s entertaining all the time. Some stereotypes go back to a color issue of black and white. They are based on white females, black females, and black males.
The media not only distracts society from reality, but also provides temporary pleasure; for example, television instantly fulfills the wish for relaxation. If people have the self-control to sample television in small doses, it can be relaxing without being harmful. However, when television is integrated into the daily routine and becomes "necessary," people rely on it for artificial happiness. Depending on entertainment for pleasure is detrimental to health and mind. For some people, entertainment yields greater joys than physical activity does.
Society tells the people that television is destructive; excessive watching of a screen destroys brain cells and may even shorten lives. However, there has been scientific evidence that shows watching TV is actually beneficial for and can maybe even increase the viewer’s intellectual capacities. Two authors, Carolyn Ziel and Steven Johnson, explore this idea in their essays, “Why Watching
Is this really our medium? What can we do to change this and why hasn’t it changed? Like many predicted in his time our medium as doomed us all in the advancing act of communications. For example, Mr. McLuhan spoke of television and its affect on children due to how programs can be interpreted. He believed that television has an impact on children because of what’s in it.
This is something interesting and funny to watch. Family is an important thing so why not get together in a big comfy sofa in front of a big screen and watch some “American Idol” with popcorn. This is a good way to bring family together and have something to relate to. In this show people try to show their talents which some are good but some are just funny and bad. The family could pretend to be in the show have some laughs and get to know if some have talents.
Since the advent of cable television, there have been more and more fascinating programs sticking viewers, especially children, into the screen. This, therefore, creates certain complaints that it is wasteful your time watching TV. However, with all the benefits it provides, television is really worth watching. One of the strength points making television much more preferable than other means of information – supply, such as newspaper and radio, is that it can provide news together with animated pictures and lively sounds. Thus, viewers can get more details of the news and enjoy it much more than reading lots of words in newspaper or listen to voices on radio only.