Whether we like it or not media is an important part of children's lives today and its influence cannot be refuted. In this blog, I would like to focus mainly on the influence of Hollywood and Disney on young minds. thereby adding to this enthralling phenomenon by adding oil to the fire. Studies have shown that, in a race to be perfect, nifty or cool, more and more young boys and girls, today, are faced with immense pressure, which is impacting their psychological, physical, cognitive and social development. Youth today are not focused on doing well academically or in sports, but to look more attractive and be more sensual and desirable. Many girls at a very young age try to dress provocatively to attract attention of the opposite sex and more and more young people than ever are indulging in prematurely sexy behavior way too early. We see little girls as young as three or four year old wanting to wear high heels and somewhat inappropriate or provocative costumes or two piece swim wears, little seven or nine year olds are pretending to be divas or thrusting their hip like Beyonce, Miley Cyrus or others. Undoubtedly it is the influence of these caricatures we call media that is negatively impacting the young cognizance.
The influence of violence on TV on children and teenagers has been proven time and again. Numerous studies have shown the detrimental effects of violent images seen on TV/ internet on cognitive development of young minds, thereby resulting in their becoming immune to horrors of violence or accepting it as the way of problem solving. It is also argued that the teenage boys who play violent video games for more than an hour are more likely to push other people after playing the game. Decades ago, the famous bobo doll study also proved the effect of violence on young minds. It shows that children exposed to aggression and violence, are more likely to act in physical and verbal aggression than those not or minimally exposed to it. While unarguably, television can be a powerful resource tool for observational learning for kids, prolonged exposure for it with violent programming can actually make them behave differently or think that physical intimidation can be an effective way to control others. According to author Meyers, “this effect seems to stem from the combination of various factors including imitation" e.g. in a study according to Meyers, it has was shown a seven fold increase in violent behavior or playing immediately after children viewed the show ‘Power Rangers’ with boys trying to imitate the character’s flying karate kicks and other violent acts. Also studies have shown that prolonged viewing of objectionable content can make young minds less sympathetic towards social and domestic violence issues. Recent spike in the gun violence and the involvement of young people in many of those is direct indication of what kids are exposed to through these media and the hustle and bustle of the modern society coupled with immense social pressure to have a glorified social image gives is enough to cause confusion and havoc in these young minds which gets lets out through wrong channels or should I say though violence against innocent......
The influence of violence on TV on children and teenagers has been proven time and again. Numerous studies have shown the detrimental effects of violent images seen on TV/ internet on cognitive development of young minds, thereby resulting in their becoming immune to horrors of violence or accepting it as the way of problem solving. It is also argued that the teenage boys who play violent video games for more than an hour are more likely to push other people after playing the game. Decades ago, the famous bobo doll study also proved the effect of violence on young minds. It shows that children exposed to aggression and violence, are more likely to act in physical and verbal aggression than those not or minimally exposed to it. While unarguably, television can be a powerful resource tool for observational learning for kids, prolonged exposure for it with violent programming can actually make them behave differently or think that physical intimidation can be an effective way to control others. According to author Meyers, “this effect seems to stem from the combination of various factors including imitation" e.g. in a study according to Meyers, it has was shown a seven fold increase in violent behavior or playing immediately after children viewed the show ‘Power Rangers’ with boys trying to imitate the character’s flying karate kicks and other violent acts. Also studies have shown that prolonged viewing of objectionable content can make young minds less sympathetic towards social and domestic violence issues. Recent spike in the gun violence and the involvement of young people in many of those is direct indication of what kids are exposed to through these media and the hustle and bustle of the modern society coupled with immense social pressure to have a glorified social image gives is enough to cause confusion and havoc in these young minds which gets lets out through wrong channels or should I say though violence against innocent......
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