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1、TalkingtoYourKidsaboutTelevisionTVcansendpowerfulmessagestochildren.OneofthebestwaysforyoutominimizeanynegativeeffectsfromthesemessagesistoteachyourkidstothinkcriticallyaboutwhattheyseeonTV.HelpyourkidstounderstandthatTVisonlyaconstructionofreality·ExplainhoweverythingtheyseeonTV(eve
2、nnewsanddocumentaryprogramming)isarealitythathasbeencreatedbyproducers,directors,cinematographers,actors,editors,advertisersandothers—andtheybringtoittheirownpointsofview,biasesandcommercialinterests.·AskyourkidswhatpointsofviewaremostoftenseenonTV(i.e.middleclass,male,westernsociety
3、,etc.)?Whoseviewsarenotbeingheardand whatculturesandlifestylesarenotbeingshown?Why?Explainhow,throughtheseomissions,televisioncanteachthatsomepeopleandideasaremoreimportantthanothers.TalkaboutwhetherTVcharacterslookandactlikerealpeople·DopeopleonTVlooklikepeopleinreallife?Whatarethed
4、ifferences?·Howdotheyfeelaboutthelivestheyseeportrayedontelevision?DotheyenvysomeaspectsofthelivesofpeopleonTV?Aretheycontentwiththeirownlives?·DotheywanttolooklikethepeopletheyseeonTV?Isthisrealistic?·DokidsonTVactlikekidsdoinreallife?Shouldthey?·Withyoungchildren,talkabout"make-bel
5、ieve"andthedifferencebetweenreallifeandTV.TalkwithchildrenaboutviolenceonTV·TalkaboutthedifferenttypesofviolencetheyseeonTV:emotional(yelling,put-downs,name-calling)andphysical(threatening,bullying,hitting,shooting,stabbing).·Explainthatwecanbehurtemotionally,justaswecanbehurtphysica
6、lly.Yelling,put-downs,name-callingandthreatsarewhatkidsaremostlikelytoexperienceintheschoolyard.Emotionallyviolentactscanbeginacyclethatleadstophysicalviolence.·Talkabouttheviolencetheyseeontheshowstheylike.Whyistheviolencethere?Doesitcontributetotheplotoftheshow?Dotheyfinditexciting
7、?Scary?Why?·HowdopeopleonTVhandleconflict?Isitappropriate?Aretherebetterwaystohandleconflictinreallife?·Whataretherealconsequencesofviolence,andwhyaretheynotalwaysshownonTV?·Howdokidsfeelabouttheportrayalofviolenteventsinthenews?Explainwhatstereotypesareandtalkaboutthem·Talkaboutster
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