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"The goal of media literacy is to help prevent the potentially harmful effects of violent media: to create active audiences not passive passengers."

Media Violence Resources Manual   

• Children engage daily in many forms of media including: the internet, television, movies, music, magazines, wireless media, and video games often, they are using multi forms of media at once.

• The average young person spends 6.5 hours a day engaged in activities such as watching television, playing video games, using the internet, and listening to music. This can be compared to 1.5 hours of physical activity, 1 hour of homework and .5 hours of chores.

• Media consumption is noted as a contributing factor to a variety of health concerns such as poor nutrition, obesity, unhealthy body image, poor self-esteem, risky sexual behavior, and poor lifestyle choices.

 

Talking to Children About Media Violence

1.  What is violence?

2.  How is violence used in different media?

3.  What are the consequences of media violence?

4.  Why is there violence in media?

5.  What is the difference between psychological suspense and gratuitous violence?

6.  What are some creative solutions to conflict in the media?

 

Top Activities Children are Engaged In

• 57% playing and downloading music.

• 56% emailing

• 50% surfing of fun/downloading/playing games

• 40% instant messaging, chat rooms

"Monitoring our children’s use of emerging technologies is a huge task and the internet remains the focus of many parents concerns."

·        Participate and share                                 

·        Act approximately                                     

·        Research ratings and review                      

·        Examine consequences                             

·        Need rules and restriction                         

·        Take action                                            

·        Supervisions for safety                             

                

 

• Keep the computer out of the bedroom and place it in a highly viewable area

• Plan weekly television viewing (excess viewing can be harmful to healthily physical and mental development)

• Set time limits of all media consumption

• Tape or use you PVR/DVR to record your shows.

• Download only clean or radio versions of music

• Drive now talk later, no mobile phones while driving

• Inform your children about privacy ( help them develop an on-line name and password)

• Ask to see movie stubs

Positive Media Choices

Video Game: Dance Dance Revolution, Wii Sports, Big Brain Academy

Youtube: Message Me, Teachertube, Free Hugs

Internet: Discovery Kids, Voices of Youth (unicef.org), Time for kids.com

Social Networking: Taking it global, MTV Think,

Movies: The City of Ember, Bedtime Stories, Coraline, Wall-E

MTV: T.I.’S, Road to Redemption, Made, Girls of Latitude, 4-Real

Music: Jonas Brothers, High School Musical, Hannah Montana Movie Soundtrack, Kelly Clarkson

Television: Between the Lions, Planet Earth, Bindi the Jungle Girl.

 

Recommendations

• Participate : Ask questions, sit down and watch the program with your child

• Share: share music and television programs. Build appreciation to the new music.

• Rules/ restrictions: develop rules. Find family programming, encourage other activities(unplug)

• Discussion/Awareness: encourage and allow time of discussion.

 

To view previous Parent Corner topics click below:

Boys & Reading

Why art is important

Activities for cold winter days

Indoor Active Days

Spring Safety

It's Summer Time

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