TV on Children While the

¶ … TV on Children While the modern era provides the general public with a series of sources from which to choose the information it wants to take in, the media still holds enough power to influence the masses. Children are among the most vulnerable individuals that fall victim to the influence produced by the media world, and depending on a series of intervening factors, they are more or less affected by TV.

My approach: TV has revolutionized the contemporary world, to the point where people would rather watch TV than read books or watch live performances. In addition to the fact that both these traditional practices lost a lot ground in favor of their more advanced counterpart, people's capacity of being selective was significantly decreased. Media Moguls claim that the effect television has on society is limited and that it does not play a decisive role in shaping the lives of those who watch TV frequently.

Of course, this is because of their commercial interests, as they are less interested in the health of those who watch their broadcasts, whereas their main interest is the rating they get from the audience. This purpose of this paper is to prove how TV has a negative effect on children and how this influence is manifested. Essay Questions: 1. What TV programs are mostly responsible for negatively influencing children? 2. How does TV affect children in the long-term? 3.

How can children be protected from unconstructive TV programs? Adults are generally more selective with regard to what they watch on TV. In contrast, children are less capable of effectively choosing what they watch and are likely to be negatively influenced by it. Nonetheless, children can also be positively influenced by various TV programs, but this is less likely to happen. Children TV programs such as Sesame Street were cleverly designed so that they would teach kids how to differentiate between right and wrong.

TV plays an essential role in the lives of children who are not provided with guidance when they watch it. Violence is commonly seen on TV and numerous parents feel as if there would be no point in them trying to intervene and control what their children are watching, since they believe it is virtually impossible to filter the information sent by TV.

This is partly true, as in some occasions it is extremely difficult for one to differentiate between scenes that are likely to negatively influence children and between scenes that are not. Children (boys especially) are predisposed to watching scenes of violence for long periods of time without feeling the need to change the program. Consequent to this, they are expected to display antisocial behavior. Cartoons are essential in influencing children, given the fact that most seem innocent to most parents, thus preventing them from wanting to change the channel.

Studies have shown that cartoons have a more negative influence on children in comparison to violence seen directly on TV. While cartoons do not necessarily influence a violent behavior in children, they are apparently responsible for children having a decreased capacity to create neurotic connections. Advertising is yet anther domain which catches children of guard, taking into consideration that they are less capable of ignoring advertisements.

When they are specially made for children, advertisements have an even greater influence, as they can affect their "beliefs, values, and moral norms" (Moniek Buijzen, Patti M. Valkenburg, 2000). Children are practically defenseless in front of advertising, which can easily trick them into falsely believing that they want something and that respective object is good for them. According to certain studies, a large number of children presently spend more time watching TV than they spend at school.

TV can induce biased thinking in children and by the time they reach adulthood the influence of TV will be obvious in their judgment. Works.