Since 1927 when Philo Farnsworth first demonstrated his invention of the television, it has been considered to be an important contemporary communication technology that is available worldwide and influences countless people in many different ways. Given that the television is so readily available, it is capable of persuading impressionable young minds. This data alone amplifies the point that the television has the capacity to impinge the behaviour of people in a number of negative ways. Such harm may include people imitating aggressive acts that they have learned by watching television, deficiency in social skills, and finally poor eating habits but watching television can also be soothing, restful, entertaining and educational.
People's television programs should contain messages that reach and stimulate their minds, however more times than not, they are saturated with violence and sex. The psychological research that has been done in this field over the last twenty years reveals that people who watch plenty of television may be more likely to behave in aggressive or harmful ways toward others. Watching television is a passive activity that requires little or no physical movement at all. Many experts hold the television responsible for the fact that nearly one quarter of people in North America are overweight. The images projected on the screen, stimulate the impulse to move, however the impulse is often repressed. This lack of movement and exercise leads people to continue to watch television and eat without the much-required physical activity needed in order to maintain a healthy body weight. This is probably why my parents never let me watch too much television. They also were watching for the content of these shows, never letting me watch something that had a lot of violence and sex. And I think they did the right thing.
Despite the fact that the television has a very bad influence on some people, it is also can be very useful and helpful.
One of those things that we all have grown up with is television, or as most people call it, "T.V." People sometimes ask the question, "What is the good in television?" ... If you honestly think about it, it's really hard to picture life without television. ... The biggest thing on television surely has to be entertainment. ... Another great perk about having television is education. ...
Television has now become the leading vehicle for disseminating information to Americans. ... One researcher noted that a child's television experience, or the amount of time a child spends watching television, has some effects on his or her brain development (Winn, 1977, p. 46). ... Winn believes that the problem is not that children learn about sex by watching television but that viewing explicit or violent acts on television conditions children to deal with people as if they were on television screen (Winn, 1977, pp.73-74). ... The problem of too much sex on television has been furt...
In the mid 1940's, America was introduced to the home television. ... People began to rely on television for their news and entertainment. ... Television also provided people with a new source of entertainment in television programming like CBS's I Love Lucy and NBC's The Aldrich Family. Television connected Americans as they sat around their television sets watching The $64,000 Question on CBS. ... Still, television and newsprint are in most people's rotation. ...
Television has had a big impact in mass communication over the decades. ... The television probably would have progressed a lot faster but early television had problems to oversee. ... Social Issues Diversity in Television During the early years of television leading black performers were restricted to stereotypical roles. ... Recent television has dominated by news magazines. Cable television matured around the late 1990's which allowed people to watch a better variety of television programs. ...
Television advertising is not the sort of thing you watch television for. You watch television for insightful, entertaining television programs, not for nerve-straining irritating ads. ... But I am not alone in my anti-television advertising movement. ... To conclude, television advertising is a blemish on the entertaining nature of television in general. ... Television commercials are largely ignored, blatantly out of context and overall, an repulsive frame to the awe-inspiring portrait that is television. ...
Some people watch television because they want to be updated about what is happening in the world. ... Nowadays, not only adults and teenagers, but also children, get hooked on television. ... Television causes trauma on children, otherwise, desensitization. ... People also say that television can make children be aware and exposed of the real world. ... Violence already cannot be prevented on television programs that is why watching television is bad for children because it causes aggressiveness, trauma, and desensitization. ...
Television advertisements take advantage of children. ... That is what television advertising has done. ... For example, Hannah Montana is a big show on television. ... Kids want them because they see them on television. ... Today, it is normal to see explosions on television. ...
Some people may ask if television is harmful to children. ... Watching television too much can show many actions from children. ... Parents and children can make watching television an activity (44). ... In some cases, television may have a negative impact on children. ... While they are still young, set guidelines on how much television can be watched on television. ...
Have you ever wondered what the effects of children that watch too much television would be? ... The process from learning through the use of a television has minimal advantages and many disadvantages, especially speaking in terms of teaching children resulting in too much time spent behind the television screen. ... Postman states, "This is why I think it accurate to call television a curriculum. ... Children who watch a lot of television have an increased risk of overweight. ... Children who believe everything that they see on television can be misinformed. ...
Even in the beginning of the life of television, certain individuals had dreams of making the television an "entertainment phenomenon". Today, with more than 1 billion television sets spread throughout the world, and an average of 2.84 television sets in each household we rely more on TV than any other communication device (Inventing Television, 1999). ... To understand the effects of television and sex on our society and on our growing generations we can examine what acts are actually shown on television, who watches what, how children and teens respond to television, how soap operas and ot...
