The document outlines the effects of television violence on child psychology. It notes that children watch an average of 4 hours of TV per day, which exposes them to violent content in 60% of programs. Research shows this can have psychological effects like increasing aggressive behavior. Examples of violent content shown include suicide, murder, and drug addiction. The document suggests remedies like monitoring what children watch, watching with them, and changing the channel during violent scenes.
5. Influence on Child Psychology
• TV shows can educate, inform and inspire
• increase the general vocabulary
• increase a child’s range of interest
• do better on reading and math tests
7. Statistics
According to American psychology association
• 60% of 10,000 programmes contain violent
materials
• Across 23 channels 6000 violent interactions held in
a single week
• 53% shows contained lethal acts
• 25% of the programmes depicted the use of gun
8. Effects
Psychological research has shown four major
effects of seeing violence on television:
• an aggressor effect
• a victim effect
• a bystander effect
• an appetite effect
14. Remedies
• Pay attention to what children are watching
• Watch TV with kids
• Put kids on a "TV diet"
• Don't let child have a TV in his bedroom
• Don't let your child watch shows violence
• Change the channel violence comes on
• Use the ratings system about a TV program
