Hundreds of arguments can be made on the topic that television is playing .
Surely, television is not a bad thing, but nobody can .
deny that it has negative effects too. However, it seems that it is much easier to .
understand television's impact on children than understand it"s impact on the .
society in general. That's mostly because of the child's simplicity that allows us to .
see almost clearly what impact television makes on every single child. Does the .
television have more positive or more negative influence on children is very .
questionable and variously considered by different people, but it is for sure that one .
of those two impacts is at least slightly stronger and more effective then the other .
one. And which one is that, is something I am going to discuss in this essay.
Nowadays television is like a member family in most families. Children .
learn from television, they discover new things on it everyday, it answers and explains their .
questions, it entertains them, in one word, they find everything they want on TV and it makes .
their lives complete because to a child TV sometimes can be a substitute for almost everything. There is no doubt that television can be very useful, educative, entertaining and informative. But .
sometimes it can be dangerous. Very often children lose control of their viewing and their .
parents have no time to identify whether a particular program makes sense for their son or .
daughter or can bring harm. .
Television can affect the way a child acts, thinks and feels about different .
issues such as violence, education and morality, gender and racial stereotypes. TV .
glorifies violence and weapons, and teaches children that the easiest way of .
resolving problems is through violence. By every day, television's programs are .
becoming more and more violent and contain more sexual content, mainly because .
it seems to draw larger audience. And larger audience brings networks more .
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Watching television is the number one after-school activity for children. ... Considering these statistics, it is safe to say that television has a huge impact on the lives of its viewers. ... In this paper I will give you an idea of how television programs for children have progressed throughout time, and give numerous results, both positive and negative, of the effects that television has had, or can have, on our children. ... In the 1990's, television was influenced by the Children's Television Act with many educational shows joining the available programming. ... The impa...
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The television show I decide to watch was "Doug", a children's show on Nickelodeon. This particular television show teaches children about themselves through the main character Doug Funnie. ... There are so many, positive and negative, ways that children are affected by television. One way children can be affected is that the children may come to expect their lives, their parents, and their teachers to be as exciting as they portrayed on television. ... So I would say that television alone does have its significant impact on shaping children's behavior. ...
With the initiation of Sesame Street, an American educational television program for children over the age of 3 years, extensive research was performed. Many studies showed that children who watched the most learned the most. A two year longitudinal study assessing the impact of viewing Sesame Street on the vocabulary of 3 and 5 year old children showed that viewing predicted significantly improved vocabulary scores on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (Corporate Research Department). ... Friedrich and Stein provided evidence that children learned prosocial content of the television programs...
The question of the impact of television on American society remains a burning one because of the effects that television has had, and still has, on that society. ... The impact of television can be seen by people's everyday conversations that centre on the latest soap opera, sporting event or news item. ... This can have an impact on people's attitudes and could lead to racis! ... The amount of violence on television and the reduction in families watching programmes together is having an impact on American society. ... Children and grown ups do not want to wear last seasons fash...
Television shows geared for preschoolers can have both positive and negative impacts on children's development because they provide educational content but also promote unhealthy habits. Benefits of Watching Although children may associate watching television as a form of entertainment, there are some television shows that can help teach basic knowledge to children. ... These negative effects can have adverse impact on children immediately or in the future. ... Some children will start to learn eating in front of a television as well. ... Television producers know that violence sells amo...
Still, concern about the impact of television on children began when TV was in its infancy. ... Frighteningly, children are less likely to live in a home with just one television than in a house with five or more, and the number of television sets, and concerns for children are rising steadily. ... Television isn't entirely evil; as there are programs that are educationally stimulating for younger children. ... Also, the gender biased and gender stereotyped behaviors and attitudes that developing young people are exposed to on television will have an impact on their perception gender role...
Television has a huge influence on children. ... They concluded that children who watched more than three hours of television a day, on average, had gained more weight than children who watch less than an hour and a half a day. ... The amount of television and what children are exposed to has a lot to do with their health and who they will be later in life. ... Kids also have a major impact on who a child will behave and how they will act in the future. ... Today, children can be influenced by a large majority of different things including television, the computer, and their peers. ...