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Originally Posted by sapiens
I know that there are other threads available for discussing media influence, but I'll just say that I disagree with your characterization of the media as this all encompassing force that is more powerful than other social influences. I'm familiar with the media influence literature, and I just don't buy it. It certainly has effects, but I don't think it requires "superhuman power" for parents to influence their children above and beyond the media.
I also wouldn't characterize statements about parental responsibility as just "slogans". Parents exert a great deal of social influence over their children. It's evident in the article and has been demonstrated empirically elswhere.
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Originally Posted by OFKU0
I agree with that 100%. What people often tend to recite is that t.v., movies, books, cartoons etc,...affect all kids equally and that all kids are predisposed to the same mindnumbing multimedia derivatives which somewhat shape their attitude or mindset. I for one don't agree with that.
What people (adults) don't like to admit too is that kids, some as young as 7 or 8 depending on there maturity level, are individuals who are forming their thinking and opinion patterns. One kid may mimic an attitude for their reasons while another kid may think that attitude is stupid and childish. These difference discount the swath of stereotypical assumptions that a greater force, that being multimedia is taking over and controlling the minds of kids to the point of no return equally.
Of course multimedia affects kids as it does adults. Some people, however young or old have the ability to see and understand it for what it is and use it for their benefit or even ignore it rather than others who seemingly are shaped and molded by it. Everyone is individual with individual thoughts. Some people think for themselves while others need someone to tell them how and what to think. Horses for courses.
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Amen to these sentiments. The media are not all powerful. Parents have influence over their children before media are even recognized by children. This isn't to say the media have no effect, just that some make the media out to be larger boogiemen than they are. The parent who loses respect with their preteen due to a television show never had great respect from their child in the first place, I would wager. And this is all too often what we see in society currently.