The Issue of Children and the Media

As you reflect on your childhood, what do you remember? For me, I remember playing outside with my friends, chalk on the sidewalk, kickball in the street, and riding my bike from sun up to sun down. I used my imagination to keep myself busy, whether it was playing pirates on my swingset, or hunting for fairies in the woods. Technology was a rarity. My parents would monitor how much television I would watch, how much I would play on my Nintendo D.S., and how much time I had to play games on the computer.

As technology is becoming more widely available and children have more access at younger age, we need to consider what types of effects will this have on our current and future youth. Looking at kids growing up now, it seems as if their world revolves around their cellphones, what they are posting on instagram, or how many followers they have. The world has changed, and kids are less involved in the real world. 

In this blog, we will discuss the pros and cons of children and their use of media, and examine how the use of media will shape the future and effect the children using it. As an older sister, I find it interesting to see how different generations are using media, and how much it is shaping the youth, and who they are becoing as a generation. My younger sisters and I definitely grew up differently based on the way times have changed since I was a child. I believe it is important to shed light on the topic of children and media use as it has become such a large influence on the way that children learn and grow as people. The whole social world has shifted, and we need to determine whether or not exposure to media is helping children, or hurting them. 

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