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 PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2009 1:55 am Reply with quote        
IMHO I think that the media affects everyone.

I'm a mom of three little girls (ages 9, 5 and 3) and you can notice at an early age that commercials and television shows can influence the way that your children think.

This goes beyond just "Mommy! I wan X toy that I saw on TV" to influence beliefs and self-image.

I'm not the mom who will forbid my kids from watching TV (it only makes them want to watch it more) in fact we watch it every day. However, we don't have cable so mostly we watch shows and movies on DVD. But no matter where the source is I think the most important part is talking with my girls about what we see. That way we can comment on the good and the bad and (hopefully) I can redirect my daughters' thinking in a more positive direction.

The main problem with allowing your children free access to mainstream television is that it us - usually - going to represent the opinions of the majority and where your opinions and beliefs stray from that it will be a bit more difficult to explain to kids.

For instance, I've been trying to get my daughters to believe that beauty isn't a dress size and this has been VERY difficult for my oldest that has come to believe that anyone who isn't thin is automatically unattractive. Its caused some small problems in the family because my 5 year old has always been just a little bigger than average so I have to tell one that she's beautiful without harming the self-confidence of the other.

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 PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2009 4:12 pm Reply with quote        
The relationship between our wants and the media's content is a symbiotic one. We can sit here as rational individuals and discuss the media and its faults, but the fact of the matter is that the media wouldn't contain what it did if it wasn't what has been proven to attract people's viewing. I mean, it would be corporate suicide for them to show things people didn't on some level want to see.

That is not to say that everyone supports the media on areas such as, say, their message on body weight and thinness. But I think of it a little bit like gossip- how people know its not right, but they sometimes can't help listening in anyway.

Purely on the subject of video games and their effect on children, I absolutely disagree that the games and game makers themselves are responsible for making children more violent. The game rating system exists, is more effective and honest (in my opinion) than the movie rating system, and is meant to prevent children from accessing inappropriate content until they can distinguish reality from fiction.

If parents choose to neglect their children by allowing them to play games they are not ready for, that is the parent's fault, not the game's. Such content could be inappropriate for them, yes, but the only people who act upon such content by imitating it are the people psychotic enough to already have had the capacity to do those acts. Video games were an outlet, not a cause or trigger.
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 PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2009 3:25 pm Reply with quote        
This is a very sensitive topic for a lot of people, so hopefully I wont be offensive when I say this too much.

I myself am still regarded as a child. People always blame the media for what we do, but do people ever ask us what actually influences us most?

I myself am most affected by the people around me, then by my own decisions and ideas. It is not our right to blame advertising, games, television or otherwise. Aren't our peers and the people who are older than us most to blame?

I play video games, and other then normal stupid bad day emo-ness, have never really had violent thoughts. So, are video games to blame?
I watch tv and go on the computer too much, sure, but, does that mean the ad's on them affect me?
I highly doubt it. I mean, sure, once in a while, you see something, and go to check it out. Maybe it's useful or interesting. But, were not brainless.
Were not zombies.
Sure, the world around us affects us a lot, but do you have to blame the media?
I would blame the parents, first.
For setting a bad example sometimes.
Teachers
For not explaining things clearly.
Peers
For using common misconceptions to blame or accuse friends and people in their age group.

We are less affected by the media than whats around us.
So, don't worry about television, ads, videogames, or the internet.

Worry about yourself and your actions first.

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 PostPosted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:13 pm Reply with quote        
Is media corrupting our society, children, adults, etc?

I have actually had to write an essay about this topic for my midterm recently. The sources proclaim that tests have been taken to show the agressive behavior that has occured after watching agressive programs and such. While the opposing sources proclaim that there have been hardly any tests done, and to the ones that were taken, they were not carried out in a manor that would show results that would be taken as valuable proof.

There were also lists of the types of media supposedly corrupting the young generation. This included violent programs like TV shows, and violent music lyrics that can be found in Rap type music.

Now I do believe that if our young generation watches/listens to such things they will think that these things are something of the norm to do. They might act more agressivly or act out violent acts. Even an increase in adult language that wasn't used as excessivly before would count as a reaction.

However I do not think that it is all the young's fault for having access to this. Parents and/or guardians and also the environment of the person can lead them to witness media. It could be that the parents alow them to witness them, or they could have a loose grip on them so they can do it, or even a tight grip so they let it out by being bad and going against the rules. This also depends on the nature of the person, "You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink". The environment the person lives in and/or has grown up in can also affect the corruption of the generation. Sadly, the environment is not as easy to change as the parents sometimes.

I do believe that the media is corrupting our society, however there are many things that can lead up to it.
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 PostPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:06 pm Reply with quote        
the media only corrupts children as much as their parents/carers let it. :/
put simply, if you stop your kid from watching whatever they want, horror, porn etc then they havent been exposed to such harmful material and therefore go unaffected by it. just cos it exists doesnt mean it has to be a bad thing for kids. you just have to keep it away from them.

i mean yea, theres some stuff you cant help from kids seeing.. like advertising out in the streets and during kids tv and stuff i guess. but as far as im concerned the responsibility lies with the parent.

my mother is a no-nonsense sort of woman who doesnt fall for the ridiculous image of perfection society makes women think they need to strive for. and thus, i have grown up strong willed and, as far as i can tell, a lot more confident than most of my female peers, due to her raising me this way. and damn am i greatful for it!

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 PostPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:29 pm Reply with quote        
It's society; the media is based off of society; therefore it is society who is corrupting our children and not just the media. I do feel like it plays a role but a very small role. I also feel like since they are children their parents are mostly responsible for how they act; therefore if your 8 year old daughter is wearing a mini skirt and a skimpy tank top and is walking around like she's all that it's not just the media, you are the one who bought her that stuff and allowed her to leave the house like that; you have to teach your kids to differentiate between what you should and shouldn't do.

Violence on tv might be "cool" to some young boys but that doesn't mean they are going to go out and fight with as many people as possible to relive what they see; it just means they are going to talk about it over and over and over until we stop listening because we can't take the little voice anymore. Children are impressionable and that's why we have to be careful but it's not just the media; a child is more likely to follow a parent or someone close to them's example over what they see on television or somewhere else.

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 PostPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:35 pm Reply with quote        
i agree with most of what you say, except that very first part that its "society"

i dont think we can really blame society as a whole... i mean, most people my age find it horrible that you see 10 year old girls dressed up like grown-up woman do when theyre out trying to pull! its disgusting... and i think most people would agree about things like that.

so... i think in short its the parents that let their kids act whatever way (dressing inappropriately, acting out or whatever else) who are responcible and the part of society that is to blame is the ones that produce the media (mainly magazines over tv as far as i care) and the people that are stupid enough to encourage them to turn out more of the same horrible crap.

if women stopped buying stupid women's magazines, guess what? theyd stop making them!

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 PostPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:43 pm Reply with quote        
Well I was just commenting on how the society dictates what's in the media and on tv, if you don't watch it they will cancel it. And they only put certain stories on the news because they find that people in society find them interesting. I don't think society is to blame at all for little girls dressing like a grown woman; that is all the parents not showing their child how to be a good member of society.

I watch shows with woman who act like complete sl*ts and I read girly magazines that talk about sex and show woman in skimpy outfits; just because I see it in the media doesn't mean I'm going to go dress like that and have sex with everyone. So the media just isn't why people do things I think the media does what it does because that's what people seem to watch; that's what people tune in to see, or hear, or buy to read.

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 PostPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:50 pm Reply with quote        
yea, i agree with you really.
it's mainly down to the individual to be responsible for themselves and any other people they have the responsibility over (such as children of course)

i mean... i guess it is down to you to know yourself well enough to decide what to expose yourself to, as an adult. for instance my aunties wont watch slasher movies, cos they live alone so it's too scary for them. things like that xD no point disturbing yourself, right?

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 PostPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:52 pm Reply with quote        
Exactly I feel like each person is responsible for their own actions and the actions of their children; because children don't have well enough developed brains to think completely for themselves. It's their decision on what they or their children get exposed to.
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 PostPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:00 pm Reply with quote        
yea, pretty much. we had something terrible happen in the UK last year that was due to poor parenting - 2 boys aged... 10 and 11 i think, were tortured by another 2 boys of the same age - the two who did it had the worst parents (they were brothers). their father abused their mother in front of them, their mother put cannabis in their food to make them sleep if she wanted a quiet night in, and they were allowed to watch horror movies and porn on tv. and look what happened =/

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 PostPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:17 pm Reply with quote        
Wow that's horrible. And that was because of the influence of the parents not just the media.
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 PostPosted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:08 pm Reply with quote        
exactly, a bad mix of the two >_<
so then, the problem is censorship. do you trust people to take care of themselves and others? or do you censor things FOR them?

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 PostPosted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 3:06 pm Reply with quote        
That's a good question.

I feel like though the media is giving people what they want; whether we like it or not 2 things that are biologically programed into us are the want to have sex and reproduce and then want to protect ourselves and be dominant of others; it's human nature. The television shows that you see are just tapping onto our raw nature and the other question is, is this a good thing? Or should we revert from that nature and go with the newer ideals.

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 PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 2:23 am Reply with quote        
Does the media corrupt children? Yes, but not like you would think.

Network programming instills its results in anyone unfortunate to watch with an open mind, that includes impressionable children. That is to say the media influences opinions - every time some bloated star or vapid starlet spews out their inane beliefs it does change the way people think. And the media is quite liberal. Further it induces Stand Alone Complex. Since many that bother reading this probably won't be familiar with SAC it can be summed up as thus: broadcasting isolated incidences gives rise to more of those incidences. When a school shooting gets press, that press basically insures another school shooting. When a church arson gets prime time, expect to see more church arsons.

Violence, sex, and drugs do not leave the impression that is generally accepted. Violent video games do not produce violent kids. Smutty TV shows do not insure outbreaks teenage pregnancies. Repressed and neglected kids may become violent (and most sociopaths have high self esteem). Teens that are not taught values, safe sex, or self respect tend towards hormonal instinct which may result in pregnant teens. The shows and games may give them ideas, but all in all they probably have plenty of ideas on their own.

These things are outlets, the same as sculptures, art, and books. No one complains about kids in sports, scouting, or reading. Trips to the museums are seen as educational (yeah, show them artifacts from a war or some mass-murdering tyrant). What takes the blame are TV shows and video games. Why? I have no idea. I have never had trouble seeing the difference between them and reality. My best guess is they make a convenient scapegoat. And here you thought we had moved past the Salem witch trials. Hah.

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