Violence on childrens tv programs

Effect Of Violence On Children 's Television Programs

Introduction

The last decade has generated enormous momentum regarding the effect of violence in media targeted at individuals in the young age bracket . But even as awareness increases the problem seems to increase in magnitude Experts argue that unless the demand does not reduce the supply will not match down and this might just be true . In reality the stem of the problem is still lack of awareness . An average educated American family might know not to expose their children to violence on television

but may not really gauge the fact that the program their toddler watches on screen has its share of violence in a well fed and nourished capsule This is largely the problem . Of HYPERLINK "http /www .ericdigests .org /2001-4 /violence .html " \l " course , other social factors can increase the likelihood of violence by youth : lack of interaction with parents , brutality in home life , exposure to violence in neighborhoods , and easy access to guns . Here we are talking about an entire generation of our children who shall be victims to aggression and violence and who shall with increased likelihood grow up to be less productive individuals . Let us not forget that we are talking about the future of any given nation when we speak of its children . Take a look

Significance of the problem at hand

So just why is it so important that we try to understand something that happens in childhood ? And that too something as trivial as a few stunts in your child 's daily program , some might ask . Don 't most children grow out of such things when they grow up and begin to exhibit normal acceptable adult behavior ? The truth is that during early childhood , the foundation is laid for future social , emotional , cognitive , and physical development . During this formative period , young children are particularly vulnerable to negative influences . In most instances children have no control over the environmental messages they receive Up until age seven or eight , children have great difficulty distinguishing fantasy from reality , and their ability to comprehend nuances of behavior , motivation , or moral complexity is limited . This special vulnerability of children necessitates increased vigilance to protect them from potentially negative influences

EFFECTS OF VIEWING VIOLENCE

The nation 's first major study on the effects of TV violence was a 1972 U .S . surgeon general 's report that confirmed that televised violence indeed , does have an adverse effect on certain members of our society

MAJOR and Direct

-Children may become less sensitive to the pain and suffering of others (`desensitization ' to violence

-Children become fearful of the world around them

-Children may be more likely to behave in aggressive or harmful ways toward others

--Media violence can be especially damaging to children under age 8 and their families because they cannot readily tell the difference between real life and fantasy and stresses the caregivers

-Direct anti social behavior as a result of simulating the acts seen on television

-Immediate phobias due...