In today's world most people turn to the television for some relaxation and an escape from the real world. It's when the television world is brought into the real world by those people who are influenced by what they see and hear does it ever become a problem or does it? It is true that most of the ways people are influenced by television are negative ways, but not all are bad. People are influenced by believing what they see or hear is real, and than making it their own belief. People are influenced subconsciously; they not only see an act on television and decide "hey, that's a good idea.I'll do that", but they see something so often that it becomes implemented into their minds as commonplace. Other things such as exaggerations, distortion of reality and flat out lies do not always come with a disclaimer stating "this is an electronic signal you are observing created for your entertainment", nor do reality shows or newscasts which might state opinions of others. In the paragraphs to come we shall explain how television affects society in certain specific aspects such as violence and politics. .
Violence .
Amongst all the negative influences television has on society, one of the most relevant and discussed problems is violence. Violence tends to make a program more interesting and is capable of bringing in higher ratings, so program producers are filling shows with violence as often as possible. This problem seems to have its largest effect on children, but these children grow up to be adults and the effects of over viewing can still be seen in later years in life. One reason that children are most likely to be reached by violence is that the violence is where they are most likely to be watching: commercials and children's programming such as "Power Rangers". In studies by George Gerber Ph.D. at the university of Pennsylvania, children's TV shows have been to include 20 violent acts per hour.
Years ago I constantly denied any effects that television has had on me. ... However, my views on TV have changed over the years. Though it has not made me violent or suicidal, my effects have mostly shaped my personality. ... These effects quickly vanished as I got older and I moved on to different types of programs. ... I am currently taking TV production with Mr. ...
Let us start with the effects of television on children. ... Since that time, many questions and dilemmas have been raised regarding the effects of TV on children. ... They are used to having images flash before them to provide understanding; they have trouble moving their eyes side to side to gather the information for themselves (Effects of TV on Children). ... In spite of the many negative effects of TV on the development of children, TV still has many positive effects. ... After examining the negative and positive effects of TV on the development of children, let us now look at the effec...
And watching TV became the most covinient way, people can get the "unearned" experience from it. ... With those visual and audio effects, audiences should understand the content right away, no additional seconds should be needed to think. ... Hamill's view completely denies the benefits that TV makes to the society. ... Teenagers who treat TV as a source of entertainment lose themselves in TV world. We cannot account this as a problem caused by TV; it is just due to those teenagers use TV in a wrong way. ...
The Effects of Violence on TV Did you hear about the recent Jonesboro shootings in America where an 11-year-old and a 13-year-old shot down and killed four school mates and a teacher? ... Television authorities will tell you that TV doesn't breed murderers, and to some extent it is true, but the fantasy violence on TV and computer games is enough to tip a blood-drenched fantasy or perhaps a gruesome dream of revenge into an irreversible act of reality. ... The effects can be, firstly, desensitation, where the child no longer cares about people or animals being hurt. ... But because...
But other psychologists began to doubt this notion when their research with children revealed that children perceive much action on the TV screen as real. ... Rowell Huesmann and Leonard Eron (1986), who studied the effects of media violence on 875 youngsters in grades 1 through 3, found that children's behavior was influenced by television, especially if the youngsters were heavy viewers of violent programming. ... Whether it was to try to disclaim the findings of others or to see for themselves the effects of violence is unknown, but what is known is that they found more evidence that t...
They also argue that if a child witnesses an act of violence on TV it is the child's parents fault for failing to monitor their child's choice TV shows. ... I feel that violence on TV should be reduced and played mostly at night. ... According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, there are over 200 studies on the effects of TV violence on children and teenagers. ... Other studies in the psychological effects of TV violence have said the exact same information as the AACAP did. The UCLA department of child psychology listed the AACAP as a great resource for ...
We were allowed to watch TV only at certain time of the day. ... My father was working fir the local TV in the censorship department. ... My Parents protected us from excessive TV violence in many ways e.g. they paid attention to the programs we were watching and sometime watched TV with us. ... Parents can also use these measures to prevent harmful effects from television in other areas such as racial or sexual stereotyping. ... Hundreds of studies of the effects of TV violence on children and teenagers have found that children may become immune to the horror of violence. ...
For example, in the article, A Kick in the Head, "James Walsh tells about a Swedish satellite TV network that stopped the children's TV series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers after a five-year-old girl was beaten senseless by three small boys and froze to death (1)." ... After this study was conducted numerous researchers continued to look into the effects media violence has on children and as Cannon points out, "virtually all independent scholars agree that there is evidence that television can cause aggressive behavior." ... For example, according to Ronald Slaby in "Closing the Gap on TV&...
As a result of this fact the following question was formulated: does viewing violence on TV lead to a more violent society? It is said that watching violence behaviour on TV is positive because spectators get rid of their own violent impulses through viewing and, in that way, lessen the probability of performing hostile acts. ... Terrible stories such as the one in England where two boys kidnapped a small girl in a supermarket and then killed her saying that they did so emulating a "Chucky" film, make people think about the negative effects of violence on tv. ... It may be an irrefutable...
This paper will examine both sides of this problem, focusing on the effects of a particular mass medium, television, on a particular group of society, children. ... It can be argued by some that television has no good effects. ... It incorporates both visually stimulating contents that appeal to children with excellent educational overtones that have vast effects on children. These effects are supported by studies. ... The television system is broken down as follows:TV-Y: all children, TV-Y7: directed to older children, TV-G: general audience, TV-PG: parental guidance suggested, TV-14, paren...
