Children are more prone to absorb the things that they see than other people. The only other group of people that absorb things more than children are teenagers and adolescents, but we are here today to talk about the effects of media on children.
The influence of media on children has always been an ongoing process throughout the years.
Some of these effects could either be beneficial or harmful to both the mental and physical state of the child.
Television
Television is a powerful teacher as it could teach toddlers and young children about many social issues and, sometimes even how to read and write. Shows such as Sesame Street and Bill Nye The Science Guy have been used as powerful pro-social teaching tools that have been shown to improve the learning and reading skills of its viewers, which are mainly consisting of toddlers to young children.
Besides television being used as a teaching device, it could also be a medium to transmit bad habits to young children.
One of such negative habits is the implementation of aggressive behavior that could be instilled.
The amount of violent acts that are shown on television has shot up over the past couple of decades. This actually shows in the increase amount of aggressive behavior especially among the male children.
Music Videos
Up to 75% of the music videos in the world include the use of sexually explicit themes, and more than half of them portray violence mostly against women. Lyrics of the music of this millennia often include many references to sex, drugs, alcohol, and even violence.
A comprehensive analysis on the effects of music videos against the children who are watching them is alarming. This is because it shows that music videos definitely played a role on how a children's perspective against social conflict resolutions, race, and also male-female relationships.
There are definitely more impacts and effects of the media on the lives of children, especially in this day and age.
The link that I would be providing below is a more comprehensive and elaborated article that explains in detail about the effects media would have on children.
There are a few ways that different parties could help solve these problems.
First and foremost, families of the children should limit the usage of television and video games of the child. The parents of said child could also monitor and supervise to make sure the programs that they're watching are appropriate.
Next, the schools of the children could do talks and lessons on how media would effect them. These talks would have to be simplified as they are being explained to young kids.
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