The truth about Media

Media, in my mind, is the cause of more harm in this world than good. For families with children 2-17 years old: 97 per cent have a VCR, 70 per cent have a computer, 68 per cent have video game equipment, 52 per cent have online access, and 42 per cent have a newspaper subscription. In the bedrooms of children between 8 and 16 years old: 57 per cent have a television set; 39 per cent have video game equipment; 36 per cent have cable service; 32 per cent have a telephone, 30 per cent have a VCR; 20 per cent have a computer; and 11 per cent have access to the Internet. Low-income families (income of less than 30,000 per year) are much less likely to have computers, Internet access, or newspaper subscriptions compared to middle income ($30,000-$75,000 per year) and high income (over $75,000 per year) families. They are almost equally as likely to have a video game system. Low-income families are more likely to have children with television sets in their bedroom. Of all media surveyed, children spend the most time with the television, over two hours per day (147 minutes). They spend the least time per day on the Internet (14 minutes per day).The more time children spend watching TV, the more time they spend using other media. Computer users, however, spend about 15 minutes less watching television than non-computer users. Family income is an indicator of media use. Children from high-income families spend the least amount of time with media and children in lower income families spend the most amount of time with media. After television, pre-schoolers spend the most time watching videos, elementary school children spend the most time reading books and adolescents spend the most time on the computer and on the phone. While most parents, (88 per cent), report regularly supervising their children's use of television,(yeah right) only about half report regularly supervising their children's use of the Internet or video games (50 per cent and 48 per cent, respectively). Parents in focus groups report feeling less comfortable with Internet technology than with television and feel less able to provide adequate supervision of their children's Internet use. If you have something to say in this country and you want a quick way to get your point across, then look no further than the media. Just think about it, school shootings for example, were never a great problem until the media got ahold of them. Not so long after the first publicized one there was a boom of kids with guns in school. Now it is out of control, and we can put some (not all) of the blame on media interference.


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