Television and Violence

Although a lot of television programming is educational and entertaining, much of it is filled with violence, sex, and profanity. Consequently, many adult viewers and policy makers have pondered what effect all this extended television viewing may be having on the minds, bodies, and souls of society’s next generation. Is viewing television violence eroding children’s morals? Are children learning to be overly aggressive, in imitation of what they see on the television screen? Lets dig in and find out.
Most kids plug into the world of television long before they enter school. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF):
The first 2 years of life are considered a critical time for brain development. TV and other electronic media can get in the way of exploring, playing, and interacting with parents and others, which encourages learning and healthy physical and social development.
As kids get older, too much screen time can interfere with activities such as being physically active, reading, doing homework, playing with friends, and spending time with family.

Violence is widespread across the television landscape

If you were to turn on the television and pick a random channel, the odds are better than a 50/50 that the program you encounter will contain violent material.

Most violence on Television is presented in a manner that increases its risk of harmful effects on child- viewers

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics website, children between the ages of 2 and 18 spend an average of three hours each day watching television
Statistics read that some cartoons average twenty acts of violence in one hour, and that by the age of 18 children will have seen 16,000 simulated murders and 200,000 acts of violence on television.

Young people are especially in jeopardy of the negative effects of television violence because “many younger children cannot discriminate between what they see and what is real,”

What can I do about TV Violence ?

Be alert to the shows your children see.
Limit the use of television to no more than one or two quality hours per day
Keep televisions and VCRs out of your children’s bedrooms
Watch what your children are watching.
Be especially careful of viewing just before bedtime.

REFERENCE

Children And TV Violence. (n.d.). Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/Facts_for_Families_Pages/Children_And_TV_Violence_13.aspx

Gross, D. (2013, August 15). Violence on TV and How It Can Affect Your Children. Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-gail-gross/violence-on-tv-children_b_3734764.html

(n.d.). Retrieved November 30, 2014, from http://www.cmu.edu/CSR/case_studies/tv_violence.html

Hanks, H. (2014, January 22). Is TV more violent than ever? Retrieved November 30 , 2014, from http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/20/showbiz/tv-violence/

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HISTORY OF THE MOVIE INDUSTRY AND HOW IT CHANGED

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On December 13, 1894, the Kinetoscope — the latest wonder from famed inventor Thomas Edison (1847-1931) — makes its Seattle debut in a storefront on the Occidental Block, at the corner of 2nd Avenue and James Street.
Although viewed at the time as a mere novelty, today the Kinetoscope is recognized as the machine that first brought motion picture technology to the general public. (n.d.). Retrieved October 12, 2014.
The Kinetoscope was a machine that could capture a sequence of images which was similar to a camera, only it automatically took a picture of the moving image every half second.

PICTURES OF THE KINETOSCOPE WITH A VIDEO

SILENT ERA

Early Cinema history began with silent films, the reason why sound was not added to the film is because technology was not feasible at the time.
Storytelling aspects of the earliest films were quite limited and short.
Nevertheless, Cinematographs were soon in the hands of filmmakers around the world, and the motion picture age began.
(Pavlik, J. (n.d.). Visual media movies and television. In Converging media (Third ed.). Shawn McIntosh.)

SOUND AND COLOR COMES TO MOVIE

THE FIRST FILM WITH SOUND AND COLOR.
In the 1920s a system was developed that used a beam splitter with a prism to divide light entering the lens, capturing the different color on alternating frames.
(Pavlik, J. (n.d.). Visual media movies and television. In Converging media (Third ed.). Shawn McIntosh.)

THE BIRTH OF HOLLYWOOD*

The United States motion picture industry began on the eastern seaboard, especially New York, but soon moved to Los Angeles, where the powerful movie moguls of the early 1900s created Hollywood.
The warm dry weather in Hollywood allowed filmmakers to produce films year round.
Since its birth, the industry has grown to a multi-billion dollar giant that, with a distinctly American influence, not only provides global entertainment but also shapes global culture, commerce and imagination.