Media_And_Its_Effect_On_Children

Media And Its Effect On Children Media and Its Effects On Children Sex and violence sell and the media often use these, to an unlimited degree, to seize market share regardless of the damage that may occur to children and adolescent youth. This violent and often foul language content is spewed over airwaves, seen and heard on television, at the movie theaters, and read from pages of books and magazines. The truth is often sensationalized to win viewers or sell music. Under the guise of entertainment, children are becoming desensitized and often violent as they seek to portray or copy what they have seen, heard or read. It is difficult to censor without crossing the line of free speech, but in an environment where parental guidance is lacking and youth violence is increasing, control must be integrated. Book banning has been a familiar part of the educational landscape in the twentieth century, and even such literary masterpieces as Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice have not escaped the censor’s wrath for their allegedly racist views. Since the beginning of the century, public schools have felt increase pressures within their communities to maintain a cautious vigil over the materials used children, music, television, parents, violence, often, moral, young, sexual, sex, literature, over, media, however, books, been, adolescents, shows, producers, new, even, audience, world, under, teenagers, rating, parental, must, movie, material, heroes, film, day, children’s, child, between