Like Sonia this article also stood out to me. While reading this I thought why can’t adults learn to teach their kids to ask questions about what is going on on TV. I want to know why can’t the older generation explain the message that the commercials are trying to give and correct the minds…
Adults started to wonder if media negatively influenced their children? they also thought technology was a distraction from their school work. Do you guys think this is the biggest issue in this chapter? apparently people thought the reason why their children lacked social skills and weren’t meeting their childhood requirements was blamed on media. Even…
After reading the articles assigned this week I have to admit I was very shocked with some of the facts mentioned in the articles. the one that specifically stood out to me was Children as consumers. I mean I was aware of how much time children and adults spend watching TV and other electronic devices but I never thought it…
The part I found most interesting was this quote from page 11 of Chapter 1: “The news media are central within American public thought, maybe not telling us what to think, but, to borrow from a popular phrase, focusing our attention on what to think about. Known as agenda-setting theory, this idea suggests that the…
Hey guys! We really need to get on this! Maddie posted some really good thoughts on the book! What did you all think about the articles in eReserves? (That was a lot of reading!). I found the University of Michigan Health System 2015, “Television and Children” to be instense. There was so many reasons why…
I found these articles to be a pretty interesting read. Some areas I could already guess to be true while other areas of the article surprised me entirely. The first article by Jolls and Wilson talked about media literacy on a broad scheme of things from the past to present. England and Canada were really the…
I found the article University of Michigan Health System very informational. Though the section about “Can TV influence children’s attitudes toward themselves and others?” I found to be completely true, as I grew up I’ve come to notice that as a child I took what was on tv seriously and thought it was true to reality.…
In the preface and chapter one of “Connecting Social Problems and Popular Culture” by Karen Sternheimer she makes two key points that really stood out for me. The first key point is “in order to understand social problems, we need to look beyond media as a prime causal factor” (preface) and the second key point is her…
Reading the article from University of Michigan Health System was great. “Television and Children” displayed an array of interesting points throughout the article such as TV having a positive and negative side, what influence does TV have on children, and if violence on TV has an affect on children at a young age. But, the…
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Media Phobia? I’ve got it. Check out the below YouTube by Fergie. Where is the value in this? How do these kinds of videos aid children? Teens? Adults? I look forward to reading more of the text, “Connecting Social Problems and Popular Culture”. I sense the author has more faith in media than I…
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