EFFECTS OF TV VIOLENCE ON CHILDREN

UMAID KHAN

RAJA ABDAR-RAHMAN

MUHAMMAD QASIM BAIG

RESEARCH PRESENTATION

INTRODUCTION

• TV is one of the main sources of entertainment in our lives

• Violence is being shown on TV to attract people to watch TV

• We believe that it has negative effects on children

• We did this research to find out whether or not:

Our thoughts are right, TV violence should be stopped

SCOPE OF THE RESEARCH

• 15 days were provided

• We could only survey 20 people

• We did our survey in places inside Lahore i.e., Askari X, DHA

• We could only interview less than two people

LITERATURE REVIEW• Movies are the main source of TV violence

• It has become a fantasy for children; they like watching it

• Children have started to adapt personality traits like; violence, fear, immorality and poor behavior

• Children of ages under 4 become comfortable watching it

• It’s portrayal needs to be reduced, if not stoppedhttp://www.studymode.com/essays/Effects-Of-Tv-Violence-On-Children-38510.htmlhttps://www.novelguide.com/reportessay/social-issues/political-issues/effects-television-violence-children

DATA COLLECTION METHODOLOGIES

Data was collected in two ways:

• Survey Questionnaires

• Interviews

SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES

The questionnaire was divided into three parts:

• Awareness of the problem among people

• People’s beliefs about it’s negative effects

• People’s suggestions

Awareness of the problem among people

• Do you have children in your family?

• For how long do they watch TV each day?

• Do they often watch channels/programs that portray violence?

• Do you think that these programs are greatly affecting the children?

People’s beliefs about it’s negative effects

• Have you observed any change in any child in/out of your family due to this projection of violence?

• Do you believe that it affects children more in a bad way than in a good way?

• Which personality trait do you is think is being adapted by children mostly?

People’s suggestions

• Do you think that children should be stopped from watching TV violence?

• How should they be stopped?

• Do you think that stopping them from watching violence will counter the negative effects that it has already had on children?

INTERVIEWS

• What do you think about TV violence?

• What do you think is the main reason for children to get attracted towards TV violence?

• Do you think that it is affecting children in a bad way? How?

• Do you believe that the children should be stopped from watching TV violence?

• How should they be stopped?

• Do you have anything else to say on this topic?

DATA ANALYSIS: QUESTIONNAIRE

Part 1: Awareness of the problem among people

• 20 out of the 20 people questioned have children in their family

• Majority of the children watch TV for more than 4 hours each day

• 17 out of 20 people answered that children often watch programs associated with TV violence

• 16 out of 20 people believed that it is affecting their psychological state

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Part 2: People’s beliefs about it’s negative effects

• 11 people have observed changes in children due to TV violence

• 15 people believed that it has negative effects on children

• Majority claimed that children adapt violence and immorality from TV violence

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Part 3: People’s suggestions

20 out of 20 people believed that children should be stopped from watching TV violence

14 out of 20 people suggested that it should be done by decreasing the portrayal of violence on TV

17 out of 20 people believed that it will have a positive effect on their grooming

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Do you think that stopping them from watching violence will counter the negative effects that it has already had on children?

DATA ANALYSIS: INTERVIEW

• TV violence is disturbing

• Children are attracted towards it, because they can’t see much of it in reality

• It is effecting children in all the bad ways

• Children have to be stopped from watching it

• More of moral content needs to be displayed on TV

CONCLUSION

• Our hypothesis resulted to be true

• TV violence really is effecting children in a bad way

• It’s portrayal has to be reduced

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Reduce the portrayal of TV violence

• Control what your children watch on TV

• Decrease their TV time generally

• Often tell your children about the difference between right and wrong