Jasmine fulcher
Children usually watch 4-6 hours of television a day and atleast 3-4 hours on the internet each day. Television can be a powerful influence, as well as the internet. Unfortunately, much of today's television programming is violent. With the internet children and teenagers are having access to play violent games and are going out into the real world and trying to turn a game into reality. Hundreds of studies shows the effects of TV violence and video games on children and teenagers and have found that many children become "immune" to violence gradually accepting violence as a way to solve their problems. Viewing of violence on television and internet by children causes greater aggressiveness. Sometimes, watching a single violent program can increase violent streaks in children and teenagers. Children who view shows in which violence is very realistic, frequently repeated or unpunished, are more likely to imitate what they see. Children with emotional, behavioral, learning or impulse control problems may be more easily influenced by TV violence. The impact of TV violence may be immediately evident in the child's behavior or may surface years later. Young people can even be affected when the family atmosphere shows no tendency toward violence. It's also a great thing for children and teenagers also from the fact that it can help with education, with the world today using Studies show that watching the news or something educational on television or researching the internet a child can learn more due to the fact the internet and watching television is helping them learn about the world. that you can learn more and find out much more information than you could by sitting in a classroom. Children and teenagers are heavily influenced by what goes on in the world today, especially television and the internet because they spend most of their time watching tv