The effect of television is known to direct children in a negative way, such as brain development, behaviour, and their health. When someone thinks of television, they think of it as a good thing. Well that is not the case; there are not only positive aspects of watching television, but also many negative ones. But some examples of negative effects of television would be exposing children to things like drugs, alcohol, and violence that parents do not want their kids involved in at any point in their life. However, parents and guardians do not want their children to be influenced by these things, as they are very harmful and dangerous, and can cause serious concerns of their child’s development. Television is usually put on as a distraction, …show more content…
When children watch plenty of television they have a tendency to pick up certain attitudes and language that is portrayed by other children or teenagers in the program. Firstly, children are influenced by the things people do on television, which promotes them to talk back to elderly people in a disrespectful manner and not listen to them. Secondly, children are influenced by the way other people are dressed in TV, which usually is more revealing of the skin. Television is a known to promote children to wearing in appropriate clothing because it is demonstrated as being “cool”. For example, a lot of teenagers whom look back and reflect on how the Disney channel has changed from the era that they watched in has taken a turn in a wrong direction and has become a bad influence on children. One of the worst things that television promotes to children is by showing a lot of skin because that is how you become popular. However, the programs displayed on this channel also show children it is okay for them to make fun of other people. Some older siblings say that ‘kids are being destroyed by the Disney channel.’ Kids programs can also be very inappropriate in terms of language and content that is shown. Lastly, violence is the biggest cause for children due to television. “Extensive research evidence indicates that media violence …show more content…
Although, younger people whom watch sports channels with an adult or a parent notice the advertisements of alcohol that are displayed during intermission, which makes kids interested in wanting to consume the product due to the ad. Alcohol consumption by a parent demonstrates to the younger generation as a happy drink or successful person’s drink. However, alcohol is never previewed in a negative aspect, but alcohol damages young people’s brain development. On certain channels celebrities smoke and demonstrate it as though it is a very calming, yet a non-harmful substance going into the body. “Kids who watch more TV start smoking at an earlier stage” (Boyse, 2010). Smoking influences kids at an earlier stage in their life as they are viewing channels where teens are experiencing a cigarette for the first time. In addition, television leads to some serious weight concerns, causing children to become overweight and others obesity. This is caused because there is no physical activity while watching television. Television advertisements are help children gain weight due to cravings that occur. Either kids watch advertisements and get a craving fast food or a sugary beverage, whereas others become greedy and demanding for the toys displayed. Therefore, television is the main cause for sleeping problems and vision
In the essay "Why We Tuned Out" by Karen Springen she brings up many facts of how TV is bad for kids. She has many details explaining her topic and contains some good advice of how TV is bad for children. She claims that children who watch television more than 10 hours a week are likely to become overweight and are slow to learn in school. TV contains many events in our social life. It contains many educated channels, but some that arn't willing for kids to watch.
Children in their adolescents years watch a great amount of TV each week and it is almost inevitable that they will start to be influenced by what they see on their television. They will see diffe...
In many cases it can lead to less quality time for the family, a minimized educational value for children, and the promotion of sex and violence, which has become more prominent in today’s programs. The television has greatly impacted and altered: former means of communication within the family, leisure time activities, and child development.
Television has become a big part in children’s day-to-day lives especially in the 20th century. Children in this century rely on television to keep them entertained and educated instead of entertaining and educating themselves by participating in activities, which will teach them a lot more in life then the actual television. There is no doubt that children are most easily influenced by television because of the different content that they watch as well as the amount of time consumed watching TV. The television does have an emotional and intellectual development on children but this all depends on the content that they’re watching and the way that they absorb the information that the show is trying to send out. Different programs will portray
Consistently, everywhere, in this century there seems to be some form of a TV screen. These screens appear in restaurants, schools, at work, at home, and quite possibly more. What is forgotten in society is how that screen may affect the lives of the children in this modern world. When children are constantly watching a television screen there may be consequences to their health and education. Most parents do not have the ability to control what is shown on TV. Many programs disagreeably display marathons after school and during holidays. Supposedly, adult shows are only showed late at night, but with movies becoming more and more explicit, even bed time can’t stop the most determined child. Children’s problems in education and health are a direct result of the amount of TV watched.
It may be hard to admit, but television has become an intricate part of our everyday lives. People children often find themselves sitting in front of the television screen for a longer period of time than before and this has evolved immensely over the past few years. In this article, “The Trouble with Television,” by the author Marie Winn, mentions that addiction of television is negative effects on children and families. It keeps the families from doing other things and it’s a hidden competitor for all other activities. Television takes place of play and on top of that kids who watch a lot of television grow uncivilized. Also, the author mentioned that televisions are less resourceful for children and have negative effects on children’s school achievement and on physical fitness. Although there are so many other types of addictions but the author Marie Winn’s points of argument of watching television is a serious addiction that our children and families have negative effects.
Throughout the years, television has altered the lives of many American families in a number of ways. When television was first invented, it brought entertainment and togetherness into the homes of many Americans. However, during the course of years, television has caused turmoil in many American homes. Television has led to families being disconnected from one another and has caused a lack in family unity and tradition. It is crucial to ensure that a family maintains their togetherness and interaction with one another. However, many American families are so consumed into the depths of the unparallel force of the television universe that they have become unconscious and blind sighted by the harmful effects that television has caused them.
The pros of television for children’s development are that it helps children’s cognitive development, it helps children to explore new things such as animals and places, and lastly it helps children’s behavior. However, there are also disadvantages of television for children. These disadvantages are that children become sedentary, become less involved with real life activities, and finally children become uncreative. However, people need to understand that the ones responsible for making appropriate use of television for children are the parents. Parents should always take in account if the television programs that are in the television are appropriate for children or not. They need to understand that television can be a great advantage to children’s development if the hours are limited for the children, but it can also be a great disadvantage for children if the hours are not limited. They have the responsibility to balance every aspect of children’s lives. Television is not the only way in which children can learn new things but it is of great
The most important issue with children watching too much television is that the passive act displaces from other activities such interactive play and role play. When a child is watching television, the child is not involved in any type socializing with other children. If these interactions aren’t taking place, then the children are not receiving feedback as to the actions or consequences to their behavior, which is how we the learn the most basic langu. From the earliest moments of life, children begin to learn the fundamentals of language. Children must be exploring the world to learn the fundamental laws of physics by manipulating objects. To use play for understanding symbolism, which is the cornerstone of reading and, indeed, mathematical skills as well. Television limits a child’s motivation to explore and to engage himself in creative activities. That doesn’t include takin in the account of the televison’s content. What is being fed into the adolescents brain when watching television requires very little thought and does not allow any room for questioning? and the development of alternative understandings or explanations. Language development also suffers in children watching television. A young age is when we learn to use appropriate usage of language and appropriate responses through experiences from those surrounding. Learning language by modifying and understanding they receive and even the corrections
Television since its invention has come to be an influential part of the everyday life. The question that is presented now is if television is in fact a positive or negative factor in the lives of those who watch it. One side of the debate in favor in the usage of television says that television is something that can be used to educate and improve lives. The opposing side to this debate claims that television does little more than numb the mind and creates habits that harm the body. I believe that while television may have some positive benefits when put to good use, but downsides of television use outweigh any possible benefits as it can be detrimental to not only the mind but the body. The potential that television has to do harm is not only limited to those in one culture but in all places and age groups.
... for children. Children are exposed to 20,000 advertisements a year. The average child watches 8,000 televised murders and 100,000 acts of violence before finishing elementary school. By the time children graduate from high school, those numbers more than doubles. Furthermore, television is shown to influence attitudes about race and gender. Pro-social and anti-social behaviors are influenced by television.
To many children, TV can be appealing because they find the colorful cartoons interesting and instantly catches their attention. But, as entertaining and fun Television can be, spending too much time looking at your big fifty inch flat screen TV can eventually impact your life. It seems like if you just spend all your time sitting on the couch, you may find yourself preparing fast meals, such as a ham sandwich thrown with some potato chips on a plate or just driving to buying something from McDonald’s. But this can eventually affect your health. If we give Television too much attention it can also affect relationships with parents, siblings or a partner. It can slowly become an easy addiction to come home to, sit on the couch and spend the rest of the day watching all the shows we like. Lastly, too much Television can affect our mood which can lead to certain thinking and
There are many facts that show how children are affected by television. The most obvious is the effects that television has on the brain. 'Television interferes with the development of intelligence, thinking skill and imagination.';(LimiTv) A huge element of thinking is taking from what you already know and deciding how it applies in different situation. School makes you do this, but television does not. Michael and Sheila Cole, sociologist, say that 'Children socialized to learn from television had lower than normal expectations about the amount of mental effort required to learn from written texts, and tended to read less and perform relatively poorly in school.';(Development of Children 24) Which means that it takes very little effort to follow a television show and kids are raised on television believe that it takes less effort to learn from television rather than books because they have been 'spoon-fed'; information by television. 'Opportunities for a child's imagination to develop are also denied by habitual viewing.'; (Neural Activity and the Growth of the Brain) Children need some unstructured time to allow imagination skills to form by thinking about a book or story, a conversation, or an event.
One of the physiological effects of watching television in excessive amounts is eye-strain. It is true that there are specifications for watching television; television should be 5 m. away from the eye, the room should be adequately lit, television should be placed at the same height with our eyes, etc. However, these do not prevent our eyes from getting tired if we keep watching television for a long time. Another effect is obesity, which is widely observed in people who like watching television and eating snacks everyday (there is even a term “television snacks” to refer to fast food that is suitable for eating in front of the television). television is such a powerful machine that people cannot get away from it – it is addictive. Apart from the physiological effects, television also causes psychological effects. One is a result of being exposed to
Disadvantages for children to watch television would be they spend less time on physical activities and social relations with their friends. Children’s body are growing up by physical activities such as playing basketball, baseball or biking, however children who spend more time on watching television might have some difficulties on growing up. By having less time with their buddies, they can feel depressions and loneliness easily. They don’t feel comfortable with talking to their friends face to face or talking about their personal topics, because they get used to listen to the television and see the images on the tv screen. It might be difficult for them to initiate a conversation with actual people and sharing their real emotions and feeling with them.