Television influences behaviors, social attitudes and physical health especially in children. Children today spend more time watching television than on any other single leisure activity. In fact, studies have shown that the average child spends more time in front of the television than in school. There are a variety of influences that children gain from watching too much of television. The impact of violence on children is a major issue. The effect of violence in television has been debated for many years.
2.a. The way television violence is portrayed encourages children to learn aggressive attitudes and behaviors. For example most violence on television is glamorized by using a "good" character that is likely to be perceived as role model to initiate violence. This gives children the impression that violence is justified, desirable, and painless. Violence on television also increases fear or gives children the wrong impression about the world. Many children have a hard time making distinctions about what is real and unreal. Therefore, they begin to believe that the television depicts violence in the "real world." The bottom line is, "children learn their attitudes about violence at a very young age, and once learned, the attitudes tend to be life-long". Take the Mighty Morphine Power Rangers, for example the "helmeted lyrca covered Rangers" acts as a bad influence on children. Children try to act like the kids hero's.
b. Television also emphasizes the importance of physical beauty. Stress is placed on looking a certain way, whether it is having the right clothing or being a certain weight. These are influences that children take very seriously considering that most children want to be the "popular" one in school. In the "Mighty Morphine Power Rangers", the female good rangers are viewed typically as beautiful and perfect. The female villains are typically viewed as "repulsive" and are teased.
