MEDIA: THE PROBLEM A week after the terror in New York, 4-year-old Kia asked her All children are impressionable. But children under the age of 7 Violence in the movies and on TV is common. The More than 1,000 scientific studies and reviews DEVELOPMENTAL IMPACT OF MEDIA Six prominent US medical groups (American Academy of Pediatrics,
(US Congressional Public Health Summit, 2000) In studies in Canada, children were found to have become significantly Other Canadian studies have shown that children As influential as TV and the movies are, recent studies indicate Impact across developmental stages Although some effects of media violence seem to span all ages, others Infants and toddlers: Preschool age children: Elementary school age children: Adolescents: STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL INTERVENTIONS Parenting Parents are the best mediators of their childrens viewing. They Programs impacting the general social culture The Media Violence Network focuses on the need for programs that The Center for Media Literacy also believes that media violence has Recent UNICEF initiatives have focused on media workshops. Materials Earlier this year, representatives of leading television, advertising,
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