Saturday, May 31, 2014

Impact of Television


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There is no doubt that television has changed the world and how we view it. With just the point and click of a button viewing possibilities are endless. There are literally hundreds of channels to choose from. With so many viewing options, determining what we should be watching has become a great concern, especially when it comes to children. Cable and satellite provides us with different scenes of violence and aggressive act on TV and many a times it is the children who watches these acts and witnessed 40,000 killings and 200,000 acts of violence on television all by their 18th .These statistics are shocking and there is no wonder that the question arises, what impact does viewing violence on TV have on children.                                                    

There has been overwhelming evidence that suggest violence   and aggressive behavior on TV, does indeed directly affect children. As the children imitate what they see, a most common evidence is that, if u ask a parents in this modern age from where their children has learnt the English alphabet, they will tell u that by imitating from the alphabetic music table and through TV etc. So learning violence and other acts is no exception. It can be learned in same manner through extensive viewing of an violence and other acts on TV.Some people argue that children actually learn moral values and life lessons from violence. They say that their children view shows, where the good guys always wins and bad guys are always punished. This ideas help children realize that the bad acts are punished .So there is no question that the children will learn that bad acts are punishable but the problem is, it also teaches a young children how to handle the wrong doings by the bad guys but being a good imitator they would think of using violence to solve problems even though their intentions might be good and they would act aggressive.People will eve say that viewing TV even affects the personality and even as teenager and adults. The parents say that their children by watching violence and aggressive on TV can grow a mentally and psychological .They can learn moral value of a life earlier than those who donot watch but the thing that the mistakes the parent does is by letting them watch any programs on TV. Parents would be shocked when they realize that the child doesnot grasp as they expect instead children learn unwanted behaviours and even unhealthy relationships and languages are acquired.
If the parents are genuinely concerned with what their children are viewing, there are several options that they can watch the same channel and decide if it is appropriate for the children. So if there is an effort from parents in helping the child to watch the appropriate one, a child would learn the good values. As an evidences concludes that the children would view acts of a aggression exhibit hostile aggression. A parent should keep in mind that only a parents and caregivers are ultimately responsible for what their children view on TV. With their guidance only children can escape the hostile aggression life in future and helps to groom a better adult in years to come. 

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