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Counteracting Media Violence
By Cristina Mulberry
Violence in the media has been shown to have a detrimental influence on children and their psycho-social development. The exposure to violent images ranges from violent shows and movies to news broadcasts, cartoons, sporting events, and video games. It is unlikely that broadcasters, producers, and video game manufacturers will be making significant changes to their programming in the near future based on the success and ongoing demand of such materials. It is therefore, in the hands of parents to take control of the media that their youngest children view. There are a number of basic actions that parents are advised to implement to reduce exposure and guide how young children process the images that they see. -- Reduce exposure to television. Many experts recommend that very young children, those ages 4 years and under, avoid watching television at all. Even children older than this should have limited viewing time. By engaging in other types of educational and entertainment activities, creativity, imagination, and academic skills can be developed more readily. In addition, other types of entertainment may encourage physical activity and promote better health. Parents can set specific viewing times, avoid placing a television in their child's room, or perhaps make use of timing devices to restrict viewing time if they are not home. -- Reduce exposure to specific programming that parents deem unacceptable. Most cable and satellite TV companies have parental controls available which allow users to restrict programming. Such programming options work in conjuction with the FCC mandated V-Chip in place on all televisions. -- Watch TV with children. Watching television with your children allows you as a parent to help them understand and think through what they view. For instance, violence viewed on television which shows no negative consequences as a result of such actions seems to be particularly influentiual. A parent can discuss with their child how the violence they just saw would really act out in the real world. For instance, what injuries would have occured, how friends, family, a teacher, coach, or other individuals would have reacted, and so forth. Parents can also discuss better ways to handle a situation and guide children in seeing better ways to react. -- Parents can select programming that is non-violent. Aside from limiting viewing time, parents can also select viewing that they feel is more appropriate for their children, programming that presents better role models for their kids. Video games in particular should be chosen carefully. Luckily there are websites online that review non-violent video games which can guide parents in their selections. For additional information on other types of negative media images or to learn more about the research being done and how to counteract media influence, see the websites referenced below. |
Media Influence on Children
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I highly agree that parents should watch media with young children; I was partial to Barney, (songs: Clean-Up and I Love You) and animated movies like the Prince of Egypt when my child (now in high school) was a toddler up to pre-k. Our time was social bonding; developing speech; organization skills with enthusiasm. As he grew up, TV ratings became automatic self-dicipline; he would leave if viewing age was above his own [he also loved solo activites like legos and his battery operated gadgets. Currently, he's a regular sloppy teen; however, he will straighten up when asked to do so; independent in getting off to school and has good conversation. He loves science; good standing member of the marching band (Alto Sax, Trumpet and plans to add Basson in the upcoming concert season) and loves video games. I am glad "gaming is a legit program of study at DeVry" ~~ he also draws impressive graphics. I am a proud parent of a very decent young man with long hair :)
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