Impact of Films, Dramas, and TV Programs on Children's Behavior

1 Creative Thinking PKIB113 Assignment 2 Topic : Films / Dramas / TV Programmes Issues : How films/ TV Programmes/ Drama affects the child? No 1 2 3 4 Name ID Visakan A/L Parameswaran Tarssan Nair A/L Sivananthan Nair Navin A/L N.Doraisamy EP0100101 VM0103783 EP0100490 Abdul Razak Bin Muhamad Barzani CE0100463

No Contents Page Number 2 1.) Background of Issues 3 2.) Literature Review 4 Table Of Contents 3.) Photos/pictures/ newspaper articles where relevant 5 - 7 DATT analysis of issue : PMI OPV 4.) 8 11 12 5.) Creative Solutions 13

3. Poor eating habits 4. Take away from reading, studying, learning activities, exercise and etc 3 5. Alcohol, drug, sexual behaviour 6. Children become emotionally ready before they ready to understand 1. Children grows by watch, observe and learn their parents. 2. Children adapt from their surroundings. 7. Brain function become less active and changes in sleeping pattern. 8. Chances for brain not grow and acquire no knowledge or skills Background Issues 11.Could pollute the child mindset 12.Leads child to negative behaviour in future 9. Eye sight becomes weaker 10.Damage eye nerves

LITERATURE REVIEW 4 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/oct/14/tv-children-harmful-effects https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/oct/14/tv- children-harmful-effects https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/oct/14/tv-children-harmful-effects 14th October 2009 by Patrick Barkham who says that Australia is planning to restrict TV for toddlers, because of adverse effects on the brain https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/75/2/233 https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/75/2/233 Research Article on Television s impact on Children which demonstrated the association between television viewing and four areas: (1) children's aggressive behaviour; (2) racial and sex-role stereotypes; (3) decreased interest in reading and school activities; and (4) poorer health habits and attitudes. https://www.apa.org/action/resources/research-in-action/protect https://www.apa.org/action/resources/research-in- action/protect https://www.apa.org/action/resources/research-in-action/protect Research by psychologists L. Rowell Huesmann, Leonard Eron and others starting in the 1980s found that children who watched many hours of violence on television when they were in elementary school tended to show higher levels of aggressive behaviour when they became teenagers.

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DATT : PMI 8 PLUS MINUS INTERESTING It can expand your mind. Some shows let you travel - - Sex, crime, and violence are frequently depicted on - It provides a valuable family time to the vicariously and teach you about different people, television and may have negative effects on impressionable children. It can be a catalyst for family cultures, ideas, and places you might never encounter children interaction. in real life. Watching a variety of shows might give us a broader understanding of the world we live in and expose us to things we might otherwise never come across in our own lives. There may be certain health benefits to watching - - Watching too much television is not good for your health. - Educational programme puts kids in touch with television. If a certain show makes you laugh, for Studies have shown that there is a correlation between cultures from around the world in a way that s example, then an argument can be made for its mood- watching television and obesity. Excessive TV watching deeply engaging. Educational channels like elevating merits. One study from the University of (more than 3 hours a day) can also contribute to sleep Discovery, The History Channel and especially Rochester found that people felt more energetic after difficulties, behavior problems, lower grades, and other PBS can expose kids to people and places they watching nature scenes. health issues. wouldn t otherwise encounter in daily life.

9 PLUS MINUS INTERESTING Pre-schoolers can learn the alphabets, colours and - - It's a waste of time. It fills the time a person might have - There truly is something for everyone on the numbers from the media. spent doing important, enriching things like interacting hundreds of available programmes, and for socially with other human beings, being physically active, kids, watching it in moderation can help discovering the outdoors, reading, using one's own develop interests and even inspire further imagination, or accomplishing other things like working or reading on a topic. doing homework or chores, or spending time with enriching hobbies like art, music, etc. Of the new movies that are released each year, you - - It can make a person addictive. It's a waste of time. - Watching it gives kids whose native language can bet that several of them are based on books. is not English exposure to the conversational Parents can challenge kids to read a book with the rhythms of spoken English promise of going to the theater or renting the movie when they finish it. Or, kids may see a movie and like it so much that they decide to read the book. Discuss the differences between the book and the movie to help kids develop thinking skills.

10 PLUS MINUS INTERESTING What do you think will happen next? Who - - They watch television in dark which may - Researchers found that television/films did it? What will the result be? What could affect their eyes and as a result they might have a social benefit for kids who have that character have done instead? Asking have to wear glasses. difficulty connecting with others, in a these types of questions as you co-viewwith study published in the journal Science your children will help them learn to think, Daily and conducted at the University problem solve, and predict, making TV of Buffalo and Miami University of viewing a more active experience. More Ohio. Shira Gabriel, Ph.D., one of the important than just memorizing facts, study s authors, concludes that developing thinking skills will benefit them Humans can use technologies, like for the rest of their lives. television, to provide the experience of belonging when no real belongingness has been experienced."

11 DATT : OPV Children gets too addicted until they spent their time only by watching television Brain become less active Eyes sight of the child become weaker Children will have less interest in studies Children will adapt to negative cultures Sleeping pattern changes due to over watching TV Effects Parents should set a time limit to their children should only allow the children to watch interesting tv programmes Parents should fix the television at a certain distance Parents should spend time watching the same programme with the children Parents should spend time watching the same programme with the children Solutions

Creative Solutions 12 Recommend their kids to watch educational Parents only watch educational shows and R rated shows Television company should accept less shows with unrealistic expectation or bad influence Creative Solutions Should install an automatic light sensor switch Parent need to set and timer Set a parental lock for some channel

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