Growing Up With Television Video by Cori Turkowsk (2006) PSA

Violence on television affects children negatively, according to psychological research. The three major effects of seeing violence on television are: Children may become less sensitive to the pain and suffering of others. Children may be more fearful of the world around them. Children may be more likely to behave in aggressive ways toward others Imitation is a high human element, especially among the young. Just one publicised school shooting, in my view, leads to imitation. FACT: The average American child will have watched 100,000 acts of televised violence, including 8000 depictions of murder, by the time he or she finishes sixth grade (approximately 13 years old). We live in an era where both parents are often working and children have more unsupervised time. It is essential that you make time for children and regularly inform yourself of their day to day experiences, including while they are at school if they attend school. If you think wall to wall violence on TV has no effect, why would you imagine that one-minute adverts in the breaks do have an effect?

Producer: Cori Turkowski
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[diverkev]

At the risk of sounding totally insane I have a confession to make. When we had a Black and White TV I swear that all my dreams were in black and white. When we got a Color TV I started to dream in color. Does anyone have a experience like that ? This isn't a joke.

[rosaryfilms]

diverkev, thank you for the comment, I have dreamt in black and white before, but I am not sure if it was TV related or not. Thanks!

[diverkev]

One of my earliest childhood memories was the assasination of JFK. I watched it on our black and white TV. Growing up I spent way to much time sitting in frount of the TV. and watching life instead of being a part of it.

[rosaryfilms]

diverkev, thank you very much for your comments and sharing your experiences with us!

[Enokz33]

wish this video made sense. just saying

[ps3tony1]

I was raised watching nothing but horifying awsomeness and some of the most violent anime imagined. I only have a few phycological problems to live with now that im in my 20's but to be quite frank ive always liked my life style. Though children are very suseptible to strong material and they do need to be monitored and taught about whats real. However its only the weak minded that become afflicted with such violence.

[MrAzrael009]

where are those clips with the clown kids from? Looks like The Joker's offspring

*being said multiple times * Y SO SRS

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[ReanaMae]

Does TV have some negative effects, the research says yes ppl. BUT the issue is so much more complicated than that! Do parents need to take a little more initiative to figure out what their children are watching. YES! But we can't blame them! Parents DON'T. ALWAYS. HAVE. THE. CONTROL. THEY. SHOULD. Please don't simplify such a complex issue.

[tespanta]

that was odd -.-

[PapaRoacher]

I don't TV is to blame. It's the worthless parents who neglect their children and let TV raise them. Although, I don't watch TV for entertainment anymore... TV only exists as a distraction, and I personally don't want someone shutting off my mind for me for hours at a time. So, I don't attack TV, I just don't watch it.