Later Jones started the research about violent media after pop psychologists said the violent stories are harmful to children. Jones also states two girls as examples to show the affect from the violent media, and these two girls have big improvement in their life. Jones tried to point out violent media may give negative violent idea to child, but it provide a method to learn more about themselves and build up confidence for themselves. In this essay, Jones talked about violent media can also help children grow up in a good way, because it can help them overcome their problem. Jones gave an example about his son, when his son was first grader and all the friends started to climb tree in the school.
Television has become part of everyday life. With the growing fixation and attraction to violence in the media, children in today’s society are becoming more violent and aggressive than ever before. However, to obtain a true understanding of this problem we must look at all aspect that cause violence, and not just put all of the blame on the media. Nevertheless, we shouldn’t forget the number one violence causing aspect, the media. Scientists have tried to explain why children are so amused by a big glowing box and the action that takes place within it.
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.
“Brain-imaging studies have suggested that a child’s brain does not distinguish between real acts of violence and viewing media violence” (p. 1) “Even if children on a conscious level, report knowing the difference between entertainment violence and real violence, their brains respond as if they were being exposed to a real threat” (p.2). The brain shows same level of activity when the child is looking at a violent television image or a genuine violent act. Images help human beings in different ways; it is part of our survival mechanism, helps us differentiate the mood of other people through body language, etc. When viewing violent television images the brain detects it as an image and generates stress in the viewer. A child’s
Physical punishments, such as, spanking, hitting, or smacking are strategies many parents may use on their children to teach them behaviors. In many cultures, many parents claim that spanking a child is considered acceptable way because it can induce them to learn. However in the United States, many families think that the idea of hitting children in order to force them to learn is unnecessary. In my point of view, hitting children is completely wrong because it may have several negative impacts on them behaviorally and socially. Using physical punishment on children may have many passive influences on their behavior.
They say that video games take innocent young children and taint them with images of fiery destruction.” Video games are one of the hottest media sellers on today’s market, but how do they affect our children? “There is a game called, “Carmageddon”, whoever is playing the game must run over people, including senior citizens. If they beat the game, he or she will have killed over 35,000 people. Violence in video games has been a serious issue in the last several years. Parents are beginning to become more concerned about whether or not these types of games might cause their children to become aggressive.
Have we lost our society where do we stand at with our young generation? Everywhere we look the problem is there; violence is in our eye sight; in the streets, playgrounds, school, and even in our own back yards at home. Even if one might “try to” cover violence up, the problem will seep its way into our homes through the television. Some children that see violence on television are pulled into its harmful deception of problem -solving. The young teenager believes that this is the way life should be like on T.V.
Spanking is however still widely used as a means to punish kids across the world. Some have opposed it as a great idea to punish kids owing to it being able to affect their emotions as well as psychology. After being beaten so much the child will only behave when subjected to pain. This only result in more pain as a way to deal with those kids found to have hardened leading to abuse. Most of those found to result to spanking may be frustrated, and only trying to express their emotions.
He then talks about laboratory studies on televised violence and finds research points to more aggressive behavior in children. But also comedy can also produce aggressiveness. Rhodes comes to the conclusion that despite violent video games, viewed mock violence on TV, parents are responsible for the behaviors of their children. “Violence is on the decline in America, but if we want to reduce it even further, protecting children from real violence in their lives—not the pale shadow of mock violence—is the place to begin” (327), This feeling is mutual for me. I feel that violence in the home makes a huge impact on our adult lives.
In addition, this sort of disrespect and violence towards women is unfortunately seen on TV, making it accessible for children and teenagers of today to be exposed to this sort of violence. This can affect the behavior of a child who is used to learning from what they see on TV as well as grow up with the idea that this sort of treatment towards women is normal. Rivers says, “American teenagers have instant access, in their living rooms, to the messages of rock, on the same vehicle that brought them ‘Sesame Street’. Who can blame them if they believe that the images they see