Television and Media Essay - TV and the Impact on Children :: Media Argumentative Persuasive Argument

Television and the Imp pretend on Children Have you ever wondered how telecasting affects your children? Theaverage child watches telly 2 hours per week and most of this viewing is of violence or sexual acts. During this time there is a violent act sh have got every 6 proceedings and on Saturday mornings there is 20 to 25 violent acts paraden every houron prime time t.v. especially in cartoons or animated programs. So no matterwhat your child is watching it is damaging their sense of imagination andcreativity. Now there is no need for children to use their imagination andcreativity anymore, television has even taken that away from them. In todays generation television has a great influence on children.Unfortunately most of the programs watched by children have a negative impactand give the wrong impression of what really happens in everyday life. It alsoinfluences their development and their behaviours. In fact childhooddevelopment experts arrange infants as young as 14 months ol d imitate behaviour they image on t.v and children up to the age of 5 lack the cognitive force todistinguish fact from fantasy(Internet Children and television violence)Therefore what they see on t.v is what they are most kindredly to imitate.Cartoons are even showing numerous acts of violence and most of this violence isdone by the good guys. For example, Power Rangers how do they get rid of thebad guys? by fighting . During the whole episode you see the Rangers kicking,punching and attacking the bad guys. Other shows like X-men, Sailor Moon,Looney Tones, and even Care Bears show violence towards others. Its no wonderchildren think its okay to act this way when even their Super Heroes who aresupposed to be the good guys are hurting others. They see the good guys doingthese things and think its appropriate. Ive notice even with my own cousin that when he has finished watchingan episode of Power Rangers he tends to get aggressive and hyper-active. Hecopies the exact same moves that the Power Rangers use. Its almost like he turn overs he is one of them. He believes that when he punches people or kicksthem that it doesnt hurt because thats what he sees on t.v. Its not like yousee the characters ever show any pain. Even when he plays with his friends theypretend that they are Power Rangers vs. the bad guys and fight each other. Showslike this even have the use of guns, which I dont believe in. In schools, teachers have noticed the difference between children who