The Negative Effects Of Television And Children's Effects On Children

Television sculpts the way we view the world and has an undeniable effect on the young and impressionable minds of children. Television has become a staple pass-time in America and can be found in almost every home across the country. Because children are spending so much time consuming television, it is import to recognize the significant impact it has on its young viewers (United States Congress and Senate 2012). Children are exposed to violence, sexual content, impractical beauty standards, and as a result become desensitized to this content. These topics are socialized through television to children and they internalize this information, absorbing it like sponges. Through analyzing the key components that have a lasting impression in young viewers: violence, sexualization, beauty standards, and desensitization in television, we can conclude that television has an impact on the way children view the world. The Mean World Syndrome, Social Comparison theory, and Social Cognitive theory.
Violence in Television Children internalize violence that they view on television and it sometimes causes them to mimic the behavior viewed. Although we see an abundance of violence in television, it is not assumed that every child will have a negative

The authors asserted that students that are exposed to explicit content are more likely to engage in sexual activities at a younger age; and so, they conducted a study involving black and white students of different genders to see if this effected their findings. It was concluded that regardless of the race, the exposure to sexual content in the media increased the exchange of sexual dialogue in the children. It proved that in viewing sexual content the students became more willing to explore or be involved in sexual interactions more likely than students that did not view sexual