By Adam Thierer
USA Today
December 4, 2008
Negative impact must be balanced against technology's many benefits.
Media have long been a convenient scapegoat for the woes of the world. In particular, fears about the influence media might have on our children have often prompted calls for "crackdowns" on speech and expression.
Typically, these fears fade as one generation's media boogeyman becomes another's treasured art form. That's not to say media don't have an impact on some children. Clearly, media are among many factors that influence culture and behavior.
Create Your 'Family Hour'
Palm Beach Post
November 8, 2008
A new study reports that teens who watch a lot of sex on TV are twice as likely to get pregnant or to get someone pregnant as their peers who watch the least number of steamy shows. The Rand Corp. analysis is the first to show a link between exposure to sexual content on television and a pregnancy before age 20. In Florida, nearly 48,000 teens get pregnant every year.
TV Watch Launches Grassroots Effort
October 22, 2008
TV Watch Reaches Out to Community Leaders as Part of New Education Campaign
CHARLESTON, SC — This fall, TV Watch has been hard at work spreading the word about television’s parental controls with their new tutorial, TV Tools for Parents 101. The tutorial is an easy guide to help parents brush up on the basic information and tools, such as the TV program ratings and the V-Chip, and is available on TV Watch’s website.
TV Watch Announces New Fall Education Campaign
TV Tools for Parents 101 Empowers and Educates Parents on Making TV Viewing Decisions for Their Families
September 17, 2008
Charleston, SC — It’s September, which means the new school year has started and a new television season is on its way. Parents have been busy prepping their children for new teachers and classes, but have they prepped themselves for new television programming?
Popular shows will be returning as well as a few new ones. With so many channels and choices, it is important to sort through which programs are suitable for their children.
To help parents, TV Watch created TV Tools for Parents 101, an easy guide to help them brush up on the basic information and tools, such as the TV program ratings and the V-Chip.
“Parents’ daily lives are so hectic, we wanted to make a quick and easy way for them to learn how to effectively monitor what their children watch and enforce their family’s television viewing decisions,” said Jim Dyke, Executive Director of TV Watch. “So, forget staying up all night cramming, because learning how to make your television family friendly can be done with a few simple clicks of the remote.”
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