The effects of media usage on child development

Autor	prof. MUDr. Vladimír Mihál, CSc.
Organisation	Dětská klinika LF UP a FN v Olomouci
Year	2012
Research type	study
Annotation	The article deals with the negative effect of television viewing on multiple domains of child development including language, cognition and of attention capacity, quality of sleep and children's concentration in school. A lot of children from the earliest age spends a lot of time watching television or other electronic media. It is also associated with increasing aggression and obesity pandemic. The author points out the efforts of some foreign companies to create educational programs such as Brainy Baby for infants and toddlers. There have been many studies that have confirmed that these programs teach children anything, it's just a huge financial gains. The amount of time that children spend 6-8leté creative play, in the last period of declining dramatically. Negative impact on children's development has been repeatedly scientifically documented. The article contains several basic recommendations for parents.
Keywords	children, media, negative effect, child development, television
Research type	unrepeated research
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Obor	AN Psychology
Email	vladimir.mihal@fnol.cz
Availability	available in the NRVDM electronic library
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Organisation	Dětská klinika LF UP a FN v Olomouci
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