Media and children
By: NIMRAH AMJAD
There is no arguing that Media plays a very important role in building society. The media has demonstrated an effect, both positive and negative, on children’s cognitive, social, and behavioral development. It is widely accepted that media has deep influence on children’s mental and physical health.
We, therefore, need to find ways to optimise the role of media in our society, taking advantage of its positive attributes and minimising its negative ones. We should take steps like limiting our children’s time of watching TV to fewer than two hours per day and keeping TVs and computers out of children’s bedrooms and in the living areas where we can monitor what they watch.
If TV and the internet are used wisely, they can be great tools for learning and development. Television is a better medium than the printed word for conveying certain information and it makes learning available to groups of children who do not do well in traditional school situations, and even to people who cannot read. We need to understand better how to reverse the negative impact of media and make it more positive.
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