How Television Images Affect Children

Unappropriate Television Shows Abstract Children are being influenced by television shows on a daily basis. Some children are watching inappropriate television shows such as SpongeBob, Fish Hooks, Family Guy, South Park, Ed, Edd, Eddy, Scooby-Doo, Boondocks and etc. These shows can affect children as they grow up in many ways such as using profanity, violent and aggressive behavior, poor school performance and watch too much television may cause a slight obesity. There are many educational television

crowded around televisions across the globe and watched the horrific scenes of terrorism that had struck New York City, Washington, D.C and Pennsylvania on that ill-fated and now infamous morning. Suddenly, in a crowded room everyone felt alone. As the Twin Towers vanished before our very eyes, so did our sense of security and protection. We watched with shock and horror, disbelief and grief as the images were repeatedly flashed before our eyes. There was no escape. Every television channel and every

digital media that affects the way they view the world, their society and themselves. While the constant exposure to media can sometimes lead to positive effects on people, this is not typically the case. Today’s TV programs, video games and other media have caused rigid gender stereotypes in society. Masculinity and femininity are defined by the entertainers and athletes people are constantly seeing on their TVs, computers and phones. The impact of this is most prominent for children. For young people

I believe that television does not depict how the world actually is and instead are many times stereotypical to different ethnicities, race, and gender. They do not show the true portrayal of a race, but instead one group of people. For example, some TV shows portray African American males as thugs who are aggressive, violent, and dangerous. Because of this representation of black males, many people feel uncomfortable to be around them and sometimes feel unsafe when being in their presence

Think for a moment; how many times in the past week have you checked your cellphone? How many cumulative hours of television have you watched? Or even, how long have you spent playing a game of some sort, instead of focusing on the work that you should be doing? Media is everywhere. It distracts us and pulls us away from the things we were doing, making it incredibly difficult to focus on even simple tasks. Interacting with media like this on a daily basis negatively affects children’s learning,

that project news and information, greatly affect what and how we learn about the world around us. In particular, television has become the outlet with the greatest socialization impact in its influence on young viewers. The distribution of information has become a part of the process by which people learn about societal values and behaviors and come to understand cultural expectations. Through entertainment and news programming, mass media such as television have become powerful influences on individuals

Ethnic and Racial Images on Television and How They Affect the audience Today the relationship between the media and ethnic minorities is typically characterized by continuity, conflict and change. As the televisions convey contending ethnic and racial images, the definition of race, racism and ethnicity are continuingly struggling for public recognition. These terms and their corresponding theoretical frameworks have provide the audience to think through some of the most fundamental categories

of our society. Whether its degrading our value of those certain aspects or harmfully altering our perspectives, media has taken a toll on our society. Religion and politics has been the most negatively affect and education has been affected the least. Electronic media has drastically changed how we view and practice religion. By televising religion, we will start to view religion as something profane rather than something special and sacred to our lives. Postman begins his argument by stating, “Everything

variety from television, radio, newspaper to the internet. People watch televisions every day, read newspapers every hour, therefore, it goes without saying that mass media has the capability to affect their mind. The mass media, including TV, radio, newspaper play a very important role in our modern life. They have changed our life very much. It is not disgusting to say that they have a great influence in shaping people’s ideas, both for the better and the worse. The mass media affects people’s fashion

generation. The effects of entertainment on the younger generation in America can be said to be both positive and negative. The influence is mostly on entertainment media such as television, radio, and the Internet. The influence on the upcoming generation