How Does Television and the Media Influence Children? The Influence of Media on Obesity Media Influences on Behavior Other Sources of Media Violence

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How Does Television and the Media Influence Children?

The Influence of Media on Obesity

Media Influences on Behavior

Other Sources of Media Violence

Media plays very a important role and has influence in virtually every aspect of our lives. It is considered as the best source to know about the happenings of world. Newspaper, magazine, radio, television and internet are the different types of media. It greatly affects our lives because media has the power to influence our thoughts. This influence is sometimes positive and sometimes negative.

NEGATIVE EFFECTS Media is the most influential one for the people to resort violence. Studies have suggested that the exposure to violence on television, movies and video games make the children more aggressive, fearful, less trusting and more accepting of violence. This does not mean that they will start bringing weapons in the school but they will be more aggressive and less trusting towards their friends, teachers and siblings.

Some of them may carry out same violent act that they see in the violent programs and eventually become more disposed to commit acts of violence.

In the past, news about some murder, accidents etc. were used to be published in simple sentences or we can say in a way to just inform the people about a particular happening. But now all has changed. Today news is published in an exaggerated manner to attract the attention of people. This is against the ethics of journalism. So instead of being constructive, media plays a destructive role. People who read much of these news or view excessive violence on television, trust less and take the world more frightening than it is.

Sex and violence in media also lead towards the sex crimes in the society. It traumatizes youngsters which result in abuse in the home,