The Negative Impacts on Children’s Behavior from Media Such as Television and Movies, Rock Music and Music Videos, Advertising, Video and Computer Games

The Negative Impacts on Children’s Behavior from Media

Such as Television and Movies, Rock Music and

Music Videos, Advertising, Video and Computer games

Academic Preparation 5B

Kanin Sripraserth

INTO University of South Florida

Mar 19th, 2011

Introduction

Media have become more important to our lives than it used to be. I admit that I consume many kinds of media everyday such as newspaper, magazine, television, computer and even radio when we are driving a car. Moreover, our children, especially preteens and teenagers, are easily influenced by every kind of media. This is because they are all in developmental stage of life, which are susceptible and most likely to learn by their personal observation. This research paper explores four articles from text books (electronic books) and two articles from an internet which demonstrate the negative consequential outcomes of children behavior from media, for example, Television and movies, rock music and music videos, advertising, video and computer games.

Background Information

Many recent studies have shown a relationship between media and children’s behavior. Michael Suman, coordinator of The Center for Communications Policy at the University of California at Los Angeles, who has been observing negative effect of violence on TV for three years, asserts that there are three kinds of negative impacts on people, increase violence, desensitization and callousness, fear (Christiananswer.net, 2001). Similarly, Victor C. Strasburger (2009) determines seven negative media effects on children, violence, sex, drugs, obesity, eating disorder, school performance and early language development. Victor also specifies what every parent and clinician needs to know about media effects. In addition, Sandra L. Hofferth, Department of Family Science, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, studies four children behavior theories, centering on the effect of watching television, using personal computer and...