Verified Document

Bad Influence TV Has On Term Paper

("What do I Need..." para on "How big a presence...") The "American Academy of Pediatrics" believes that too much television at such an early age can negatively affect brain development since the first 2 years of a child's life are especially important in the growth and development of the brain and a child needs good, positive interaction with other children and adults in this period. (Ibid.) The link between violence on television and violent behavior in children has been well established in numerous studies and is particularly disturbing. Statistics indicate that the typical American child is exposed to 12,000 violent acts on television a year and children's TV programming alone contains about 20 violent acts an hour. (Ibid.) Children imitate what they see and watching violent TV programs teaches children that violence is an acceptable way to solve problems. According to the "American Psychological Association," besides learning aggressive behavior, children exposed to TV violence are likely to become desensitized to real world violence and develop a fear of being victimized.

As we saw in this essay, television viewing can have both good and bad influence on children but the negative effects outnumber the positive effects by a long way. Parents, however, can minimize the bad...

"Children and Television." The Museum of Broadcast Communication. 2005. November 13, 2006. http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/C/htmlC/childrenand/childrenand.htm
Fact Sheet: Television's Effect on Reading and Academic Achievement." National Institute on Media and the Family. July 7, 2002. November 13, 2006. http://www.mediafamily.org/facts/facts_tveffect.shtml

The Good Things About Television." Media Awareness Network. 2006. November 13, 2006. http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/parents/television/good_things_tv.cfm

How Television Viewing Affects Children." Bulletin #4100: University of Maine Cooperative Extension. 2006. November 13, 2006. http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/htmpubs/4100.htm

What do I need to know about children and TV?" University of Michigan: Health System.

2006. November 13, 2006. http://www.bipolarfocus.org/1libr/yourchild/tv.htm

TV & Children

Sources used in this document:
Works Cited

Alexander, Allison. "Children and Television." The Museum of Broadcast Communication. 2005. November 13, 2006. http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/C/htmlC/childrenand/childrenand.htm

Fact Sheet: Television's Effect on Reading and Academic Achievement." National Institute on Media and the Family. July 7, 2002. November 13, 2006. http://www.mediafamily.org/facts/facts_tveffect.shtml

The Good Things About Television." Media Awareness Network. 2006. November 13, 2006. http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/parents/television/good_things_tv.cfm

How Television Viewing Affects Children." Bulletin #4100: University of Maine Cooperative Extension. 2006. November 13, 2006. http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/htmpubs/4100.htm
2006. November 13, 2006. http://www.bipolarfocus.org/1libr/yourchild/tv.htm
Cite this Document:
Copy Bibliography Citation

Related Documents

Television: A Good or Bad
Words: 932 Length: 3 Document Type: Term Paper

S. (Larson-Duyff, p.412). As cable television increased the availability of youth-oriented television programming and children spent even more time in front of the T.V., several sociologists made observations similar to those previously published in connection with the amount of advertising absorbed by children in connection with their exposure to violence on the screen (Henslin, p.67). According to them, constant exposure to violence on television, (even if it was mostly fictional), corresponded

Television Viewing and Violence in Children
Words: 573 Length: 2 Document Type: Term Paper

Television Viewing and Violence in Children Television has become a kind of a modern, technological 'babysitter' for children. It is not unusual for even very young children to have unsupervised television time. Because of the famous studies conduced by Bandura which suggested that children are apt to mimic observed behaviors and imitate the behaviors of others (even when they are not directly praised for doing so) many researchers have attempted to

Influence of Baseball on My Life
Words: 3549 Length: 9 Document Type: Term Paper

Baseball on "My" Life Baseball is considered to be the great American past-time, a part of our nation's culture and heritage. Baseball is as much a part of being patriotic as eating apple pie and voting for the president. As an American child, baseball was invariably a part of my childhood experience. From the baseball cap and baseball glove that my father posed me in for my first birthday photo

Television/Smarter Watching TV Makes You Smarter --
Words: 1097 Length: 3 Document Type: Thesis

Television/Smarter Watching TV Makes You Smarter -- Really? A number of television programs of today are praised for their grittiness and realism. It is true that dramas such as Law and Order draw from real-life events, particularly ones whose circumstances and outcomes are controversial. Compared to the idealized families of Father Knows Best and The Brady Bunch, shows such as Modern Family portray likeable but flawed human beings whose problems are not

TV Impact on Youth
Words: 1505 Length: 5 Document Type: Term Paper

TV & Internet Mass media technology has become omnipresent in our society. It is not uncommon for children to now be raised with personal electronics, constant television and an overall barrage of sensory stimulus. Moreover, electronic devices are becoming the main means of communication for the younger generation, which can challenge their ability to relate to others. While many in the media have called into question the impacts of these socio-technical

Television and America There Have Been Many
Words: 1429 Length: 5 Document Type: Term Paper

Television and America There have been many technological advances within the past sixty years that have fundamentally influenced the way that we live in the United States. Among the most influential is the invention and proliferation of the television. Though there are other advances which, are equally important it is still the television that dominates the background noise of nearly every home. In fact most homes have more televisions than they have

Sign Up for Unlimited Study Help

Our semester plans gives you unlimited, unrestricted access to our entire library of resources —writing tools, guides, example essays, tutorials, class notes, and more.

Get Started Now