Sociology Mid-Term Paper Television and Violence By Trevor Huffman Na‚ na‚ na‚ na‚ na‚ na‚ na‚ na‚ na‚ na‚ na‚ na‚ Batman! Na‚ na‚ na‚ na‚ na‚ na‚ na‚ na‚ Batman! Batman‚ Batman‚ Batman! Wham! Pow! Kaboom! We have all no doubt watched and mimicked at some point in our lives our favorite comic book hero’s. We have donned the capes and strapped on the fake guns to run around the great outdoors in search of capturing and eliminating the villains! The television has brought these images and
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Children and Television COM/156 Children and Television It is proven that children who watch television shows such as SpongeBob Squarepants score an average of twelve points lower on their I.Q. tests. Study suggests that watching just nine minutes of programs such as those can cause short-term attention and learning problems in four-year-olds (Fox News‚ 2011). Parents have become accustom to convenience and the sheer quickness of everything. The TV becomes a cheap and easy babysitter
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Advertising today focuses on specific targeted demographic groups. There is a direct focus on marketing products to young consumers. This age group sees the commercials‚ but does not really understand the directed message. This can have an adverse effect on the way children interpret and understand the message being presented to them. "The average American child sees more than 40‚000 commercials a year‚ and advertisers spend more than $12 billion annually marketing to themdouble the amount of
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Growing Problem in America: Advertising to Children and its Detrimental Effects on Society [ABSTRACT] Companies view children as a major market force‚ and they have been targeted intensely through marketing and advertising efforts. These efforts have created their own genre of food‚ a once nonexistent category created by media efforts to make profit‚ called “kids food”. These foods are against dietary recommendations‚ extremely high in sugar and fat‚ and appeal to children through their fun shapes
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Miller Comm 110 April 6th‚ 2006 The dangers of controversial television advertising "I do not care if I show your child something that you would not want them to see". This seems to be what some television advertising agencies are saying to us these days. We live in a society that seems to be progressing at a rate so fast that some parents wish technology would slow down. Television is a main source of entertainment for children and adults in this day and age. With so many people viewing‚ advertisers
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Television and Children Michael Bertleff Com/156 November 18‚ 2012 Pamela Talley Television and Children The year is 2012 and the amount of violence children are exposed to has increased in many forms of media. Over 40 years ago‚ all society had to worry about was the violence on television and movies. Now society has to protect children from exposure to violence on the video games they play and from social networks on the Internet. Parents want to keep the children as innocent and pure
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CONTROVERCIAL TELEVISION ADVERTISING Today’s advertising companies represent themselves and their product to society with the use of sex‚ drugs and alcohol potentially posing a thereat to innocent adolescent minds. All over the world people watch television for purposes of education‚ entertainment and to alleviate boredom. So as you can tell it’s a part of our daily lives. What’s to be done when during a break form your favorite TV show you see a commercial about a man who needs to use sexual enhancement
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Television and Children How big a presence is TV in kids ’ lives? Kids with a TV in their bedroom spend an average of almost 1.5 hours more per day watching TV than kids without a TV in the bedroom. Many parents encourage their toddlers to watch television. Most children ’ s programming does not teach what parents say they want their children to learn; many shows are filled with stereotypes‚ violent solutions to problems‚ and mean
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Bernier Advertising to Children Advertising is a big thing in companies. It is a massive‚ multi-million dollar project that drives the consumers to all the different products available and attracts the consumer by design. They are always around us and affect us in ways we don’t realize it; especially when it comes to children. Some advertisements are targeting children that can be influenced easily‚ and the children themselves don’t realize it. They are‚ in a way‚ manipulating the children‚ which
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INFLUENCING CHILDREN A great variety of media can be used by advertisers in order to effectively target children. There are several media options to reach children‚ and other continuously evolving and acquiring stronger presence among them. This includes broadcast media‚ being television the most effective medium to reach children (Moore‚ 2004). Besides‚ print advertising‚ product placements‚ sales promotions and public relations cannot be underestimated as an effective media to reach children. However
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