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Effects of Television on Teenagers

Last updated on April 3, 2012 by Sozo Staff 6 Comments

girl watching tvMany teenagers love to watch television. Since the invention of television in 1926, television has brought billions of minutes of programming to living rooms all over the world, and it’s almost too easy to be a couch potato for hours with the amount of television available today. Televisions can be a reliable source of information and education; however, television can also expose teenagers to violence and intense images that can be detrimental to their emotional well-being. It is important to know what your teen is viewing on television in order to understand the negative effects and the positive effects of this technology.

Negative effects

Televisions can give teenagers unhealthy, false, and negative messages. As a teenager is maturing into a young adult, these messages can result in confusion, stress, and other negative effects. Television can expose teenagers to violence, sexuality, stereotypes, and lifestyle habits, which can impact the way that teens react to the world around them. For example, typically, teenagers who watch violence on television are more likely to participate in aggressive acts, become less sensitive to pain, and become fearful of the world around them. Furthermore, weapons are often shown as attractive on television, while guilt and remorse are usually absent.

Sex is also used on television to sell products, shows, and ideas, and TV often glorifies sex.  Television’s portrayal of sex and sexual acts may have a definite impact on your teen’s perceptions of sex, and those perceptions could differ drastically from your family’s beliefs.

Stereotypes are also present in television based on race, gender, age, and physical beauty, and teenagers can adapt their values to fit the values of these stereotypes. Lifestyle habits such as obesity, smoking, alcohol use, and risk-taking may be promoted through television. The more a teenager is exposed to these bad habits (whether through television or real life), the more likely they could be to try them.

Finally, television can also allow a teenager to tune others out and escape from the real world, causing the teenager to actually miss out on real-world experiences. For many troubled teenagers, television acts as a “quick fix” from the real world by providing false scenarios, quick answers, and rapid rewards.  This can have a very real impact on a teenager’s emotional and social development.

Positive effects

When appropriate television is viewed, it can have multiple positive impacts on the teenager. Television can help the teen to build and develop imaginary skills and role playing ideas. Teenagers can adopt and copy the behaviors they witness on television, and when these behaviors are rewarded on television, teenagers see them as positive and something they would like to model.

Family values can also be exemplified through television viewing, as can positive behavior, morals, and decision-making skills. This type of television, which shows individuals being rewarded for good behavior, can help the teenager develop good habits.

Monitoring your son or daughter’s television habits and encouraging them to watch age appropriate programming can have positive effects on your teenager by promoting healthy and positive behaviors.

Television can drastically impact a teenager’s maturity and growth, and it is important to monitor what a teenager watches on television, as it can have positive and negative effects on them. Communicating with a teenager about what they watch is key to understanding what is going through their head.

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  1. HavanaCrow says

    September 6, 2012 at 9:49 am

    Too often the shiny glamour of the stars becomes our kids’ role models and they mimic them, trying their best to be just exactly like them at all costs. I try to screen my kids’ tv, but it’s all too easy just giving in and letting them watch whatever they want. When I do, I realize pretty quickly how powerful tv really is and how much of an impression it makes on impressionable minds.

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  2. shaikha says

    February 20, 2018 at 9:10 am

    what a great little essay. I loved it. It really helped me on writing a report about the pros and cons of tv on teenagers

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    • Lisa says

      November 28, 2018 at 12:44 pm

      you copy pasted shut up

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      • Alexandra says

        April 3, 2019 at 9:45 pm

        That’s not very nice :(

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  3. Krishna says

    September 29, 2018 at 4:25 am

    What a essay! It helped me to right essay for my school home work . It is good for everyone.

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  4. Shubham says

    December 5, 2018 at 8:31 pm

    Really helpfull for me because i was searching this topic but only essay wrer coming but this really help me for my school homeworks please bring like only more debates for all people who use this strategicia . Again real thank you

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