1. EFFECTS OF TELEVISION IN OUR SOCIETY Todays forgotten
dialogue
2. OUR YOUTH
3. AGES 2-5 Perception As toddlers Our undeveloped context of
the world is constantly striving for clarification On average
American Toddlers watch over 35 hours of television a week It is
likely that the future generations to come will have a very
difficult time deciphering reality due to the gross of artificial
reality of which they perceived fundamentally
4. AGES 2-5Social development In the early stages of
development Children are constantly looking for attention and
affection This Stimulus is the driving force in how they build
their views on relationships It is believable that at such a
undeveloped stage, that a child may mistake a imaginary character,
if seen daily, For a parental figure that may not spend 35 hours
weekly on them
5. AGES 2-5 Imitation Psychologically speaking the main
priority of a toddler is to replicate the motions and emotions as
those in the world he/she lives in. The choice made will likely
determine the inclination to different archatypes in our society.
Many children come to start imitating fictional characters theyve
never met due to the massive amount of time spent observing
them.
6. AGES 6-11 perception Todays grade schoolers are now
watchikng an average of 28 hours of television weekly while
attending school. At this stage we can presume children are off
elmo and on to spongbob At this stage children focus on social
behaviors and how to interact with others. The majority children
shows are comedies so its less likely a child will take life
seriously at this stage
7. AGES 6-11 Social development As preteens children are often
confused and hearded around in groups picking up traits from the
sheeps around them Before our mass media machine they were
influenced by elders and the general concencus of their community.
Now every preteen plugged in to television is part of a nationwide
learning program influenced by not those of educators but of
bussiness selling products Those toddlers who grew role models are
now taught that products equal social status and that social status
is inharintly important
8. AGES 6-11 Imitation Television Plays A gigantic role In this
Formative time as the premiere mass media machine Companies like
Disney and Nikolodian Found the Brilliant strategy that if you
groom children to consume your products then you have them for
life, Much like cigarette companies. Previous values for role
models were integrity, compassion, and success, todays role modals
focus on vanity, money, and obsession in idolization Today Children
are pushed in directions that ensure they will be consumers as long
as possible
9. TEENAGERS Perception The children who mistook their role
models Now Are In full blown reality complexes The honest mistake
of seeing Big Bird as a caring figure have manifested with the
obsession with older Characters on Shows like Degrassi or SkinsMar.
14, 2008 While most teenagers (60percent) spend on average 20 hours
per week infront of television and computer screens, a thirdspend
closer to 40 hours per week, and about 7percent are exposed to more
than 50 hours ofscreen-time per week, according to a studypresented
at the American Heart Associations 48thAnnual Conference on
Cardiovascular DiseaseEpidemiology and Prevention.
10. TEENAGERS Social Development The Current generation of
Teens Is More disconected then any other in modern history from
their later generations The Coruption of moral values and loss of
education have been escalated through television and media
11. TEENAGERS Imitation Not Every Teenage girl watchs MTVs
teenage mom or Jersey Shore and plans to go out to be snookie.
However There is a growing number of individuals who have no
understanding on how much they truly derive their values from the
images displayed to them via television The sort of information
portrayed on todays telivision is one that our forefathers would
have never anticipated and it leaves our current youth as test
subjects to an entirely new media mombarded upbringing.
12. HEALTH DISORDERS
13. A.D.H.D Those who watched more than two hours, and
particularly those who watched more than three hours, of television
per day during childhood had above-average symptoms of attention
problems in adolescence, Erik Landhuis of the University of Otago
reported in a study published in the August 2007 issue
ofPediatrics. Adhd is fast growing disease that has grown 66
percent since last year alone in diagnosis. The researchers
observed a nearly 40% increase in attention problems amongst those
who watched television more often than those who watched it less
often.
14. Obesity Americas number one disease is obesity. As of 2009
over 61 percent of the nation is either overweight or obese. Its
Hard not to find a corralation in television growth in comparison
to obesety statistics. Every year more and more families would
rather sit in for pay-per-view then go on a family hiking trip, and
our nations children are paying the price for our ignorance. 33
percent ov todays youth has become obese. The chart shows the
number of new national television services each year
15. SYNOPSIS Television will continue to grow and educate the
nation. Whether or not we monitor and start open dialogues about
when we as a nation are growing into is our decision, as well as
our responsibility. Understanding and care is absolutely critical
in todays age of constant growth and change
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