Media%20Violence%20and%20Children

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Media Violence and Children

• Samantha Frazier
• Alaina Wertman

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Our Research Question

• How does violence on television affect children?

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Is media the only source?

• Personality
• Environment
• Parents

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Negative Effects

• APA study
• More aggression based on television viewing
• AAP findings
• Media Literacy
• Congressional Health Summit
• FTC findings

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Minimal or No Effect

• Defining violence as a problem
• Cartoons, live action, the news
• good violence
• No direct correlation between television violence
  and aggressive behavior
• Instigation vs. Imitation
• Understanding the difference between fantasy and
  reality

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Minimal or No Effect (Continued)

• Catharsis theory
• A healthy media violence

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Our Research

• Method
• Self Report Survey
• Five children, average age 12.8
• Stats
• 16.6 hours of tv watching a week
• 3.6 violent acts per week viewed
• 60 reported that tv violence induced bad dreams
• None of the children reported a rise in
  aggression or verbal or physical violence

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Our Research (Continued)

• All children saw a difference between the
  violence on cartoons vs. live action.
• The distinction of reality
• Responses about overall effect on children and
  teenagers varied.

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Conclusion

• Media is not the only source, but does have some
  input as to how violent children can be.
• Children are more astute than we think, and
  process the media well.
• Parenting is a huge factor