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Facing The Facts: Children and Television

- Children in the United States watch more than three hours of TV daily.  [American Academy of Pediatrics, Television & the Family, accessed @ www.aap.org] - The American Academy of Pediatrics does not recommend television for children age 2 and younger, and no more than 1-2 hours daily for older children limited to educational nonviolent programs.  [Kalb, C., Sutherland, B., Adams, J., Raymond, J., "The end of make Believe", Newsweek, August 25, 2003] - Two out of three children under six live in homes where the TV is left on at least half the time, even if no one is watching.  [Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, "Zero to Six: Electronic Media in the Lives of Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers", Fall 2003]

- By the time children complete elementary school, the average child will witness more than 100,000 acts of violence on TV.  [Center for Media Education, Children & Television FAQ, accessed at http://ww.cme.org/children/kids tv/c and t.hml] - Childhood exposure to media violence predicts young adult aggressive behavior regardless of the intellectual capabilities, social status, or parenting style.  [L. Rowell Huesmann, Jessica Moise-Titus, Cheryl-Lynn Podolski, and Leonard D. Eron, 'Longitudinal Relations Between Children's Exposure to TV Violence and Their Aggressive and Violent Behavior in Young Adulthood: 1977-1992," Developmental Psychology, Vol. 39, No.2. (March 2003)] - 25% of all MTV videos contain alcohol or tobacco references.  [DuRant RH, Rom ES, Rich M, Allred E, Emans SJ, Woods ER. Tobacco and alcohol use behaviors portrayed in music videos: a content analysis, AM J Public Health, 1997;87:1131-1135] - According to a study conducted by the National Institute for Health, The Center for Disease Control, John Hopkins University and The University at Buffalo, the incidence of obesity was highest among children who watched four or more hours of television per day.  [National Institute on Media and the Family, "A Normative Study Of Children's Media Habits", (Gadberry, 1980), (Jan 2002)]

Virtually Hooked: Internet & Video Game Addiction

- Young people on average clock 17.7 hours per week online, not including time spent sending and receiving emails.  [Harris Interactive and Teenage Research Unlimited , "Swimming in Media", (2000) survey] - In it's first three months on the market, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City sold over 4.4 million copies.  [CNN.com, "Vice City Sales top 'Toy Story,' 'Indiana Jones' and 'Gone with the Wind'" January 27, 2003]. In this game, players have the opportunity to engage prostitutes, have sex with them, and beat them to death to avoid paying for sex. - Nearly half of kids surveyed go online at least four times a week, and 20% go online every day, according to a recent report by American Online and Digital Marketing Services.  [America Online/Digital Marketing Services, Inc., "Youth Wired", September 29, 2003] - By 2007, 57% of kids aged 11 and under will be online.  [Jupiter Research, "Consumer Survey Report: Music 2003", July 2003] - Among 7th through 12th graders surveyed, more than half play video games by themselves. [Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Communication Initiative: "Key Facts: Children and Video Games, Fall 2002]. In addition, over dependence on video games can foster social isolation.  [National Institute on Media and the Family, Effects on Video Game Playing on Children, accessed at www.mediafamily.org/facts]

Children's Learning and The Media

- Researchers and educators are finding that electronic entertainment is leading to a disturbing decline in imaginative play among children.  [Kalb, C., Sutherland, B., Adams, J., Raymond, J., "The end of make Believe", Newsweek, August 25, 2003] - Children who play more imaginatively generally develop better vocabulary skills than children who engage in less imaginative play.  [Singer, D. Yale University, "Playing Ye Olde Way", Newsweek, September 8, 2003] - Good early play skills predict the ability to be creative and generate alternative solutions to everyday problems.  [Russ, S., Case Western Reserve University, The End of Make Believe", Newsweek, August 25, 2003] - In one experimental study, reducing the amount of television children watched by half improved Performance IQ, and increased the amount of time children spent reading.  [National Institute on Media and the Family, "A Normative Study Of Children's Media Habits", (Gadberry, 1980), (Jan 2002)] - Of children watching at least 10 hours of television per week, school performance declined proportionately to the amount of television they watched.  [National Institute on Media and the Family, "A Normative Study Of Children's Media Habits", (Gadberry, 1980), (Jan 2002)]

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