Mass media has evolved significantly since the early 1800s with the rise of newspapers to now include television, internet, film, radio and other technologies for mass communication. Over time, regular mass broadcasts of television began in Germany/UK in 1936 and US in 1948. The internet became widely available in 1983. Mass media can positively impact children by providing education and news, but it can also have negative effects like shortening attention spans, increasing aggressive behavior, and contributing to health issues. Both the positive and negative influences of mass media on children's development need to be considered.

1. Mass Media
AND CHILDREN

2. Mass Media
 all media technologies,
including the
Internet, television,
newspapers, film and
radio, which are used
for mass
communications

3.  the early 1800 - the first
high-circulation newspapers
arose in the eastern United
States
 the 1840s - the first
commercial electrical
telegraph was developed,
 1894 - cinema began to be a
large-scale entertainment
industry with the first
commercial exhibition of film
 the 1920s - the first
commercial broadcasts in the
United States began

4. Mass Media
 The electronic
 The print media:
newspapers,
media: radio, magazines, books,
television, films, pamphlets, catalogues,
records, tapes, circulars, brochures,
etc. etc.

5.  1936 -the first television
broadcasts for a mass
audience began in
Germany and UK
 1948 - regular mass TV
broadcasts in the United
States began with a show
hosted by Arturo
Toscanini and starring
comedian Milton Berle
 1983 – the Internet
appeared

6. The Influence of Mass Media
on Children

7. Negative Sides
 shorten attention span
 distort body image
 work in conjunction with
other factors to escalate
obesity and other health
problems
 create fear
 increase aggressive and
anti-social behaviour
 dull sensitivity to the pain
and suffering of others
 lower grades in school
 help to escape from
reality
 narrow their mind

9. Positive Sides
 give latest news in a fraction of
a second/ no distance and time
barrier
 make communication easier
 provide with educational
programmes
 reading newspapers increases
reading habit and vocabulary
 provide with cheap entertainment
 increase logical thinking power,
grasping of things
 involve in social issues, making
and expressing their own opinion
 create a learning environment for
kids

10. Mass Media are Useful for
Education
 a huge scope of educational
materials (programmes, films,
articles, etc.) that can be used
at the lessons
 the information acquired from
media resources is emotionally
coloured, acute, attractive and
comprehensible for children
 media texts are
multifunctional, integrate
different subjects
 involve all the kinds of
perception

11. The World without
Mass Media