Since the early 1950's television has been a means of expressing views, culture, and has greatly participated in the up-bringing of today's American youth. The question facing us is how negatively television has impacted the mentality of the individuals whom live in the United States. As a young child I recall watching several programs that were educational and appealed to my youthfulness. As a pre-teen I remember watching such shows as "Saved by the Bell," "Home Improvement," and "The Simpsons." These shows appealed to my sense of humor and the discovery of the importance of ties between not only family but friends as well. Now as I grow and mature so have my viewing tastes. Currently I watch programming which pertains more towards current events, law/politics, and basically programs that keep me informed as to what's going on in the world around me. The message being conveyed here is that television is something that is targeted at every individual all across the spectrum; if you have an interest than there is a program that is targeted at you. .
With the invention of television came an explosion of pop/culture, mass-media, and the ability for one individual to affect the lives of millions of people. This also began the claims of televisions adverse affect on today's youth. Many individuals argue that today's generation is more desensitized towards violence than any generation in the past. These same individuals argue that there is a direct correlation between violence expressed outwardly mimicking the violence seen on TV In congressional testimony defending television, CBS president Howard Stringer points toward a different cause of violence. "I .
come from a country . that puts a lot of American movies on and has more graphic violence within its live drama on the BBC than anywhere else, and there is a lot less .
violence in the United Kingdom than there is here," says Stringer. "There are 200 million guns in America, and that has a lot to do with violence.
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...
