Do you agree or disagree that television programming aimed at children has a greater impact on their development than parental guidance? (a media studies class)
☆Let’s Think
1.
Give examples of children’s
shows. Did you use to watch them? How do you think they have affected you?
2.
Do children spend time with
their parents longer than they do in front of their TV set?
3.
What do parents teach to their young
children?
☆Hints for Points
TV programming
1.
Educational programs specifically
designed for children like Sesame Street introduce ideas and information that
parents are do not always provide.
2.
Children’s shows choose themes
familiar to children that match their developmental stages, while adults around
children do not always take optimal actions for their development.
3.
TV personalities can be more
attractive than parents.
Parental guidance
1.
Parents’ cultural background such
as language, customs, and religion have profound impact on the development of
children.
2.
Children learn from people who
love them most, and those who love children are usually their parents.
3.
Children spend much more time
with their parents than they do in front of a TV set, and this naturally make
them learn more from their parents.
4.
Children can tell the difference
between the reality and the 2-demnetional world they seen in TV screens. They
first of all do not think much of what TV tells them unless they are enchanted
by a charismatic star or an extremely popular show.
☆Sample Answer for Ideas and
Expressions
【Supporting Details】First of all, time spent together with television
is often longer than anything else for today’s children. Parents are too busy
to attend children’s learning. They are also preoccupied with their own
interests. Thus, they often put their young children in front of a TV set or a
tablet showing children’s programming. Moreover, those programs tailored to young
children are high in quality and engaging as Rachel points out. They are
designed to keep children’s attention with various attractive devices. Last but
not least, adults leave the role of a mentor to their children to educational
programs, since they know educational programs conform to the standard of the new
generation, while they themselves are actually conservative, ignorant, or
reactionary. Wanting their offspring to adapt to the trend of their times, they
give way to television programming in their children’s education. Not my
parents, you might say. But how many can remember being directly taught for
instance how to read by parents? The learning environment of humans has
television at its core.
【Counterargument-treatment】The lack of interaction in learning with TV
programming might not be so big. Humans instinctively try to interact with what
they are focused on, and children’s programming is designed for children to be
involved with. For example, characters in the programs often talk to the
audience and take time for the audience to react. I know a person who used to go
get a cup of chocolate and drink it in front of the TV set of his family when
the lady of his favorite show for children say it was the time for chocolate.
【Conclusion】Children are affected by television just as adults do. Therefore, TV
programming for children has a greater impact on their development than their
parents are today, although parents are potentially more influential to their
children’s development than television. (336 words)
DRAFT
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