Media and Children

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This paper evaluates the impact media has on us in the form of news on TV, newspapers, various dramas, horrors, cartoons and even sitcoms and how it has the power to enrich, educate and entertain. It examines how children come into contact with media and analyzes whether its impact is totally negative. It argues the positive impact of media such as a good educational source and the provision of role models when it is lacking at home. Parents should prevent the negative influence of the media on children where possible but media does have a place in the education, enrichment and entertainment of children's lives.

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"Though this may be a good thing, it can also be a bad thing. These values may not be what the parents want their children to learn. In that case, the parents need to step in and talk with their children about what they see on TV and in magazines and newspapers. They need to teach their own children about what is seen in the media. I am not saying that if the media is teaching what parents want their children to learn, that it should replace parent involvement. But that the media could enhance what the parents want their children to learn. "

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