有聲英文閱讀-電視中的暴力內(nèi)容是怎樣影響孩子們的
How TV violence Affects Kids
For more than a quarter of a century, evidence has been increasing that children's exposure to violence on television has long-lasting effects on their behavior. Between 1982 and 1986, the amount of television time allocated each week to violent programs increased significantly. And the number of violent acts on television in the past years has increased from about 19 to 27 per hour. Given the amount of time that children watch television, it has become one of the most powerful models they want to follow.
The Position Statement on Media Violence in Children's Lives, recently adopted by the National Association for the Education of Yong Children, points out that preschool children are particularly easily affected by the media because they are not yet fully able to distinguish fantasy from reality and their understanding of the underlying motives for behavior and the subtleties of moral conflicts is not yet well developed. For example, the rapid recoveries of people on TV from violent attacks give children an unrealistic picture of the injuries that have been suffered.
Effects on Play
Children naturally often want the toys shown on and advertised during these programs. And with these toys, their play tends to be more imitative than imaginative. Children simply imitate the behavior observed during the program, thus undermining both the imaginative and the expressive functions of play. The narrow range of most violence-related toys advertised on television jeopardizes the role of play in helping children make better sense of their own feelings and interpret their world. Some research even suggests that children apply the behaviors observed on TV programs to their real-life situations.
Parents Can Help
It is a good idea for parents to monitor the amount as well as the kind of television their preschool child watches. If your child appears to be crazy about war play and weapons, it would be a good idea to control his viewing. Controlling viewing is easier to do during the preschool years than during the school years, so you should initiate a pattern of restricted television watching now.
Help your child to interpret what she sees - to think of explanations for the events depicted and to imagine how the show is put together. Make simple critiques of a show without implying that her fascination with the drama and the weapons makes her guilty by association.
Ask the teachers of your child's preschool about their policy on war play and toy weapons. Many preschool teachers do not like to have commercially made toy weapons brought into the classroom and welcome hearing your concerns about this matter. Look for other parents who share your views. Work together to control the amount of violent programs watched and the number of violent toys found in the home. Try to arrange play dates for the children as an alternative to TV viewing. Or look for videos of healthy, nonviolent programs for children, and encourage their use as an attractive alternative to violent television programs.
在最近這四分之一世紀(jì)還多的時(shí)間里，出現(xiàn)了越來越多的證據(jù)，那就是把電視上的暴力內(nèi)容暴露在孩子們的面前，對(duì)孩子們的行為產(chǎn)生了深遠(yuǎn)的影響。在1982-1986年間，每周電視花在暴力節(jié)目上的播出時(shí)間總數(shù)有了驚人的增長(zhǎng)。每小時(shí)在電視上播出的暴力節(jié)目上的播出時(shí)間總數(shù)有了驚人的增長(zhǎng)。每小時(shí)在電視播出的暴行的次數(shù)在過去這些年中由19次增加到27次。從孩子們看電視總共所花的時(shí)間這一角度來看，暴行已經(jīng)成為孩子們想要模仿的最具有偶像性質(zhì)的行為之一。
最近全國(guó)幼兒教育委員會(huì)在公布的《關(guān)于傳播媒介中的暴力內(nèi)容在獐生活中的影響的聲明》中指出，學(xué)齡前的兒童特別容易受到傳播媒介的影響，因?yàn)樗麄儾荒馨烟摌?gòu)的東西跟現(xiàn)實(shí)生活區(qū)別開來，因?yàn)樗麄冞€不能充分理解某一行為的潛在的動(dòng)機(jī)，還不能充分了解道德情操上的沖突的復(fù)雜性。例如：在電視上人們受到暴力襲擊之后很快就痊愈了，這讓孩子們對(duì)傷者所受的折磨痛苦有一種不真實(shí)的理解。
對(duì)玩耍產(chǎn)生的影響
當(dāng)然，孩子們經(jīng)常很想要這些節(jié)目中出現(xiàn)的那些玩具，很想要在那些節(jié)目中間穿插的廣告上的玩具。孩子們只是單純模仿在節(jié)目進(jìn)行中所觀察到的動(dòng)作行為，因而既不能挖掘出或體會(huì)出這一電視劇令人深思的地方，也不能理解這一電視劇的感動(dòng)人的地方。電視廣告里介紹的大部分與暴力有關(guān)的玩具對(duì)兒童起不到好作用。這些玩具不能更好地幫助兒童理解自己的感情，也起不到幫助兒童來解釋周圍世界的作用。一些調(diào)查研究的結(jié)果表明了，孩子們把他們?cè)陔娨暪?jié)目中所看到的一些動(dòng)作行為應(yīng)用到他們的現(xiàn)實(shí)生活的環(huán)境中來了。
父母或家長(zhǎng)應(yīng)該幫助
由父母來監(jiān)控學(xué)齡前兒童看電視的時(shí)間長(zhǎng)短和看哪一類電視片子，這倒是個(gè)好主意。如果你覺得你的孩子狂熱地喜歡看戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)題材的電視劇，醉心于玩弄武器，那么控制他看電視倒是個(gè)好主意。在學(xué)齡彰控制兒童看電視比起上學(xué)以后再去控制他要容易一些，所以現(xiàn)在你應(yīng)開始實(shí)行一套嚴(yán)格控制兒童看電視的規(guī)矩。
設(shè)法讓你的孩子來解釋她看到的事物（原文如此：由"他"轉(zhuǎn)換成"她"--譯者著）--即讓她對(duì)電視中所描述的種種事件想出一些解釋的方法，還要讓她想象出來這個(gè)節(jié)目是怎樣拼湊編輯到一起的。對(duì)電視演出節(jié)目作一些簡(jiǎn)短的評(píng)論，不必暗示要讓她通過聯(lián)想使她因迷戀電視劇和武器而感到內(nèi)疚。
向你的孩子所在的學(xué)前班的教師們就對(duì)待戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)片和玩具武器的辦法征詢一下意見。很多學(xué)前班的老師們都不喜歡把以商業(yè)為目的制造的玩具武器帶進(jìn)教室來，他們很喜歡聆聽你對(duì)此事的關(guān)心所發(fā)表的意見。去找一些跟您有共同觀點(diǎn)共同看法的其他一些家長(zhǎng)。大家共同協(xié)作去控制孩子們所看的暴力節(jié)目的時(shí)間，去控制在家中所發(fā)現(xiàn)的暴力玩具的件數(shù)。盡量設(shè)法給孩子們安排幾次到一起玩的聚會(huì)，用這種兒童聚會(huì)來代替看電視。或者去找一些供兒童看的健康的非暴力節(jié)目的錄像帶，鼓勵(lì)孩子們用這些很有吸引力的節(jié)目去代替那些暴力的電視節(jié)目。
