Television as We Know it Today

TV power rangers we know today, RoadRunner, Bugs Bunny and Yo Sammity Sam. All these have in common. All of them are programs that build time for children to play. You made your child sit in front of the TV for several hours at a time. They have steps on the screen, shining eyes, and they are always surprised. But what did they learn from these programs? This is a hidden message of violence and malfunction, entertaining children. If you see all the programs I mentioned above, they all seem to have a common theme.

Television is the largest public media format ever. However, it is not always. The TV in the 1950s was very different from the TV we know today. When the television was first made it fought with newspapers, radio, and movies (Klapper 1968, 89). Violence is a human being, but when television was introduced to the United States, the American public was afraid that kids would become more aggressive in their daily life by drawing crime and violence on television (Klapper 1968, 87 ). Many studies have been conducted to examine the theories of psychologists, sociologists, and even mothers and fathers (White 1999, 4).

Television has become a valuable issue to discuss now and there are doubts about the influence of today's youth's attitude and psychological development. Today, kids discovered the world of television as a young age. As we all know, television is an effective educational tool. By showing projects such as wildlife, scientific theory, it helps these children maintain a broad breast and better understand the world around them. But remember that television seems to have a bigger negative impact than plus TV.

Many adults are watching TV at a young age and are not adversely affected, so I think that they should not influence children. The first thing we have to recognize is that today's television is different from past television and violence is more common in today's show than past real family shows. Since TV started, the question of the influence of television violence continues. Early in the 1950s, the first mention on the influence of television on our children was found in many parliamentary hearings. For example, the US Senate Juvenile Crime Commission held a series of hearings on the impact of television programs on juvenile delinquency between 1954 and 1955. These hearings are just the beginning of the investigation by the Congress by committees and others from the 1950s to the present.