Television as Babysitter

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The paper relates that television and video games are the most commonly used babysitter for children. The paper explores how this influences our social behavior and thinking system and how it affects a child's development and further social integration. The paper shows how multimedia exposure definitely has an influence on a child's development, whether that's in a positive (learning language, understanding symbols) or negative (inducing aggressive, unbecoming or illegal behaviors, obesity, risk) direction. The paper examines the issue and concludes that the negative impact of excessive exposure is the more profound, permanent and worrying issue.

From the Paper:

"In our days, it seems like parents do not fully assess the consequences of transforming the TV and video games in the most common used babysitter for their children. The cause for this is the lack of time, together with an increased level of stress and exhaustion adults experience when trying to cope with both work and family demands (Clarke, 2007). Under these circumstances, it becomes imperative that the researchers focus their attention on determining how bad or how good is the "machine"-made education for children. Since infancy, individuals are exposed to the multimedia culture we proudly promote today, becoming "multimedia youngsters"(Neergaard, 2006)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Barbour, W. (1994). Mass-media.Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego: Greenhaven Press.
• Clarke, A. (2007). Television and Children's Development; How Bad is it Really. Retrieved February 19, 2007, from EnzineArticles Web site: http://ezinearticles.com/?Television-and-Childrens-Development;-How-Bad-is-it-Really?&id=193410
• Dowshen, S. (2005). How TV Affects Your Child. Retrieved February 19, 2007, from KidsHealth Web site: http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/tv_affects_child.html
• Neergaard, L. (2006). The news for multimedia babies is good, and bad. Retrieved February 19, 2007, from USAToday Web site: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-05-15-babies-multimedia_x.htm

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