Research Paper: Negative Effects of Television on Children.
Children and adolescents spend a considerable portion of their time watching television, movies, playing videogames and on the internet. Media violence poses a threat to public health as much as it.
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Research Showing Positive Effects on Children On the other hand, there is some research that disagrees that television has a profound negative effect on a child's behavior, health and cognitive ability. This research does not support the hypothesis that television is bad for children.
Research Review: The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children Dr John Devaney1 Summary: This paper reviews the research on the prevalence and impact of domestic violence on children, and considers how professionals should respond to children’s needs to best provide support and ensure their safety.
Negative Effects of Television. Violence is one of the primarily negative effects of television among children. Television violence had been increasing for the past years. In the studies, it shows that an average of 32 acts per hour, a child may see on the screen (Gerbner).
The research literature examined included work on: (1) the cognitive nature of children's television viewing, including viewing behavior, attention, comprehension, and arousal; (2) the effects of television viewing, including displaced activities, general knowledge, attentional processes, task perseverance and impulsivity, creativity and imagination, and reading; (3) modifiers of these effects.
A study done by Media Consumer Insights division of communications services major Group M which covered about 700 respondents in 13 countries revealed that Television advertising influences the purchase decision of the Indian children the most with 77% of the respondents indicating television advertising as key influencer driving children’s purchase decision (TV Ads Influence Kids Most, 2003).