These days, the type of entertainment and facilities of entertainment have become developed rapidly to meet the growing demands. The two dominant entertainments are television and movies which everyone is able to access without any difficulty. However, these two can be harmful for younger generation as it endangers their safety issue and triggers mutinous behaviours.
Foremost, children are easily attracted to interesting movies and television shows. However, children possess natural tendencies of imitating and following whatever they recognise and have interests in. After the movie Harry Potter was world widely popularised, a significant number of accidents aroused. Children were deeply engaged with the movie to the point they could not perceive the reality. They tried to fly to imitate the heroic behaviours of the main character Harry Potter. Though their behaviours might seem stupid and inscrutable, these reactions were resulted expectedly according to child psychology. Seemingly, accidents of falling from high level increased in the period so that some were injured severely or died. This case warns that film directors have to be extremely careful how this movie will affect the audience especially children.
Moreover, programs on television and plots of movies usually contain violence and abusive languages to attract the audience. These contents are strictly restricted nowadays, however, it was not in the past. According to the survey conducted by an education authority, more than 50% of the teenagers answered that the reason they started smoking was due to admiration and inspiration of the main characters' behaviours. After this research was released, government banned any smoking scenes from televisions between the hours that children and teenagers usually watch. This immediate solution by the government shows the severity of negative effect on young generation.
Televisions and motives were being praised for its ability to entertain and relieve people's stress. If elders and parents allocate more of their time and effort into selecting wholesome and healthy genre for children, the drawbacks of media will definitely decline. In addition, young people will be exposed to positive content from the media. |