The Negative Message Of Children 's Television Show

“Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object.” (Peter). There was a time when all children wanted to do was to run, play, explore, and be adventurous. As time evolved, children have found more interest in television. Statistics show that a child spends 900 hours per year in school,and they spend 1,200 hours per year watching television. When asked to choose between watching T.V. and spending time with their families fifty-four percent of four to six year olds voted they would prefer to watch television. Television has changed the mindset of children over the years it has been proven that the more programs they watch, the more harmful it is to their brain development. T.V.

In Bully, Lee Hirsch focuses on five different families in four different states that are have specific situations that have to do with bullying. It is clear that the subject is the movement to abolish bullying, but the speaker of the movie can be broad. In Bully, Lee Hirsch uses as rhetorical questions and imagery  as well as appeal to pathos, ethos, and logos. In Bully, Hirsch uses rhetorical questions throughout the movie to provoke the emotions of the viewers, which forces the audience to reflect on the cause of bullying.  It also makes the audience associate themselves to the victims of bullying and ask themselves what they would do in that situation. Overall, strengthening Hirsch's argument that bullying is a universal issue and it needs to be recognize our actions as a society and accept everyone for who they

In the article “TV’s Negative Influence on Kids Reaffirmed” by Jeffrey M. McCall, he addresses the issue of how TV has a negative influence on children. McCall states that young children and toddler’s cognitive ability do not develop as well when they have a television in the background while they are playing and interacting. McCall also argues that TV has a very influential role in the teenage pregnancy rate and how early teens become sexually active. To further prove his point, McCall proclaims that children and teens that are exposed to large amounts of television and video games become socially awkward and have issues interacting in society. McCall also says that the networks are rating their own programs carelessly, which is leading to shows that should be restricted by a V-chip being watched by children, rendering the restricting system null and void.

After attempts of threatening to kill herself, her grandmother criticized her for letting the people who wanted her out of school “win” and she needed to tough it out and to wipe her tears. From her classmates teasing her, insulting her with names, and throwing objects at her, she could not figure out what to do until her grandmother suggested her to counterattack with reverse psychology and play mind games with her bullies. Her grandma suggested turning the negatives into positives in which she gave an example of the egg in her hair, “this egg in your hair, suppose you’d have told the boys thank you with a smile. How do you mean? What they want for you is to be unhappy. That’s how they get pleasure” (242). At first Beals was skeptical these mind games would work, but the next day was like any other day and when someone verbally insulted her, she responded back with kindness instead of hostility, for example, “I tried to open a door, two boys pushed it closed, I stood up straight and smiled thank you, you have done wonders for my arm muscles” (242). After seeing this tactic work with the two boys, she kept the mind games in her arsenal and used it whenever needed to better distance herself from bullies and attempt to suffer less damage. The purpose of this tactic Beals wanted to include was there is another way to confront someone without the use of violence. Her classmates pushed her to the ground, insulted her, and chased her to try to hurt her, but Beals knew if she retaliated with force she would be expelled even though her white classmates would not be punished for their actions, especially in 1957 where whites had the privilege to get away with criminal acts towards

American Actor, Clint Eastwood once said, “The innocence of childhood is like the innocence of a lot of animals.” Moreover, this describes the lead character that Disney Pixar’s short film, “Big Buck Bunny” uses to teach children about the evils of bullying. About 2 years and tremendous amounts of money are needed for qualifying filmmakers need to create these films just to put out a message. The message on bullying, compressed within this film, puts out is important as a result being it is a worldwide issue.

In the article “TV’s Negative Influence on Kids Reaffirmed” by Jeffrey M. McCall, he addresses the issue of how TV has a negative influence on children. McCall states that young children and toddler’s cognitive ability does not develop as well when they have television in the background while they are playing. McCall also argues that TV has a very influential role in the teen pregnancy rate and how early teens become sexually active. To further prove his point, McCall proclaims that children and teens that are exposed to too much Television and video games become socially awkward and have trouble interacting in society. McCall also says that the networks are rating their own programs carelessly which is leading to shows that should be blocked

In “Stop blaming Kids and TV,” Mike Males writes about how television is blamed for influencing children to behave awfully, begin smoking, having sex, drinking alcohol, and doing drugs. Mike Males explains how it is the parents and other adults that are influencing these kid’s behavior, not the television programs that they watch. Mike Males argues that television is not the reason to why children are misbehaving, but the reason is that they never fail to imitate their parents or elders. Males states that the reason children behave is because of the way adults influence them. Children don’t find it hard to copy what they see their parents doing.

Little House on the Prairie is one of the most beloved television series of all time and is based on the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder which were published between 1932 and 1943. In an interesting note, Wilder originally set out to write an autobiography aimed at an adult audience but couldn't find a publisher, so she ended up using the material from her autobiography to write the Little House books.

Today's world needs children who are accepting, loving and willing to listen. The current Disney Channel shows do not teach children relevant lessons. As a concerned teenager, I can see the effects that these shows are having on children who are still in a very critical developmental state. The shows that Disney creates do not teach important lessons, they are littered with racist, stereotypical and sexist comments. These shows are sculpting a certain kind of child. This child then grows up to be an adult who does not have the best morals.

* The Influence of Essentialst Attitudes Portrayed in the Modern Day Sitcom on the Views and Beliefs of Modern Society.

This article explains the use of power in film and tv, where different social groups have more power over others. It defines Hegemony as “dominance and subordination in the field of relations structured by power”, simply explaining that one social group will dominate over another. He explains how this works in film, as mass media assists in popularising the “elites” morality. He gives an example of American Children’s TV shows, where by 1990 they consisted on toy-based programmes as a way of marketing and influencing children, as an example of how hegemony is in our daily lives.

Therefore, the author used funny, cute birds, provided a significant moral, so his film would be effective for viewers of all ages. Moreover, the author implied that people of all ages need to understand the effects of bullying.

Television is a big part of today’s society. Everybody watches television, including the children. There is a potential problem with letting children watch television. Ask this question, would someone let their own child watch some of the programming that they watch, too? Some of these programs are intended for the adult generation, not young children. Violence has a major role in television these days. Letting children watch this violence could corrupt their minds and eventually lead to bad behavior. There needs to be a limitation on the types of television programming that parents let their children watch, because violence in television can negatively affect children.

The digital generation is taking over and becoming more prevalent in today’s society. As we take a closer look into the effects that media has on children it is clear that there are demographical characteristics that play a role into how much or how little media is used in the everyday life of children. Questions and doubt are raised in regards to media and whether it plays a positive and negative role in a child’s development. Understanding the reasons why media use is so prevalent among different environmental and socio-economic backgrounds will give us an idea of the effects that media can have on a child’s development. Media is ever-changing and is becoming more of our everyday life. The more time goes on the more we begin to understand the effects that media has on the development of children. The articles discussed in this paper address those demographic influences and parental contributions to the length and use of media in the home.

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