Research conducted by various scholars show that media and television serve as the most significant influence on adolescents and children. In fact, television is seen to affect several aspects of behavior and health. Television apparently has both negative and positive sides.
The positive aspect of television is that it might be educational and entertaining. It may open up the novel world for children and give them the opportunity to travel across the globe, gain acquainted to ideas besides becoming accustomed with different cultures.
A matter of concern only appertains to the effect of television violence on children. Views as regards to the influence of television and movie contents have long been debated (Siegel 47). Being visual, the two modes of expression are somewhat treated differently in comparison to the written media.
A form of media such as radio does not relay pictures in the house like television does. Critics of television thus seem to know the power and influence of image and are always necessitating that images might have both positive and negative forces.
Gauging and ascertaining the negativity of an image is what forms the central issue. The problems relating to violence on TV have been constantly raised. It is given specific attention in the public, media and by the congress.
However, the scopes of complaints this time round are geared towards the manner in which networks present their news and violent entertainment shows. Whereas it is might seemingly be true that local news programs are the greatest offenders, it is also worth recognizing that TV watchers do not often make distinctions between what constitutes the ABC networks and what comes from the local networks (Siegel 48).
Given the draconian measures which may be established in case the ensuing problems emanates, the public reaction as to what networks should air and the aggregate expressed concerns, care ought to be taken when government addresses the current TV content issues.
According to Siegel assertions, the deregulation of children TV led to a fruitful deluge of toys and violent programs in the youthful culture (69). Certainly, from this fashion, television might be wrongly blamed for the increment in the level of crime rates given that there could be many causes. It is particularly very difficult for researchers to ascertain that the links amid toys and violent programs could be the reason for crime increment.
However, the linkages do indicate every concern that has been raised and the manner in which individuals view such an issue. In most of their recommendations, researchers are for the opinion that teachers must amicably deal with television issue at the class level.
Since most children are significantly influenced by the television contents, more doubts have casted whether the matter is constructively addressed at home. Therefore, this forms the basis of far a call and the appropriate method which stresses that the government must control all television violent contents including sports.
Furthermore, the government should reassess the assumed position as regards to the deregulations of various kids programs. This follows the fact that children averagely take nearly four to five hours daily just watching televisions. Despite the fact that TV programs assist in modeling behaviors and develop children value system, scores of current TV programs are regrettably very violent an misleading.
For instance, sex and violent scenes depicted in movies make juveniles to adopt violence as an appropriate way of solving problems (Siegel 92). The imitation of violent scenes and the time taken by children to watch television thus necessitates that government needs to regulate TV content in order to limit the weekly acts of violence.
Works Cited
Siegel, Larry J. Criminology. Florence, KY: Cengage Learning, 2011.