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Media Madness

Media Madness. Becky and Crew 11 th Grade. In the Beginning….

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Media Madness

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  1. Media Madness Becky and Crew 11th Grade

  2. In the Beginning… • Exposure to media increases aggressiveness and anti-social behavior. Television watching can change a child’s natural behavior, even by age two. Exposure to violence has been linked to ADD and ADHD in children. The rate of ADD/ADHD has risen by 600% since 1990. Kids can develop unhealthy habits early in life that can be long lasting.

  3. ADD/ADHD Antidote? JUST TURN IT OFF! • The flashing colors and changing of channels can affect a brain of any age, but a young brain most drastically. Extreme exposure can lessen the stimulation of the logical right side of the brain. • Reducing a toddler’s TV time to very little or none will help prevent these disorders. The absence of such media influences has been proven to be nearly as effective as ritalin, and has more benefits afterward.

  4. Time Flies • The average TV in America is on three to four hours daily. • The American Psychological Association found that by high school graduation, a student will have spent more time in front of the television than in school. • The average 7th grader views four hours of television daily, with 60% violent content. They also play four hours of 50% violent games weekly.

  5. Turning Back Time • Again, one of the simplest solutions to this addiction is TURNING IT OFF! • Children can be addicted to violence, so parents need to become involved. Establishing a family night or creating alternative activities will help break the bad habit, and cleanse victims of the regrettable horrors on the media.

  6. Television Training • The movies, violent programming, and video games common in American society train killing more effectively than even the most in depth military training. • One adolescent criminal opened fire in a chaotic classroom. He hit five students with head shots and three with upper torso shots. The most highly trained, qualified law-enforcement agents hit with only one in every five shots, while this boy hit with every one of his. His only training was a video arcade game in his garage. • The many murders performed in the media demolishes the ingrained inability to kill.

  7. Terror TurnoffHow can we prevent such violent inclinations and stop the training of teens? • The simple way to prevent this training, is to keep these games away from the kids. There is nothing wrong with playing pinball, but realistic animation killing has to stop. • Parents and kids alike should heed the warnings on games, and refrain from buying them.

  8. Rationality or Rights? • As you have read, media violence is a serious problem in America. It is the duty of the government to protect the next generation, but how can it shelter children while protecting the rights of Americans, young and old?

  9. Society Solutions • The government has numerous options regarding the monitoring of media violence. It could: • Regulate prime time viewers. If the television producers agree not to show their programs at the times when younger children watch most, perhaps less violence will seen by kids. • Government could also promote educational television by funding or otherwise assisting quality television providers.

  10. www.hum.org/add___adhd.html www.profoundliving.org/. ../adhd_brain.htm www.ama-assn.org/ ama/pub/category/2714.html The National Association for the Education of Young Children Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill - Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and Gloria DeGaetano http://www.popartuk.com/tv-and-sport/sesame-street-pp0220-poster.asp www.ismanet.org/.../ media_violence.html http://www.theclockdepot.com/desk_and_table_clocks.html www.canadianlawsite.com/ dealing-with-lawyers.htm Bibliography

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