domingo, 6 de abril de 2014

8os Anos - SCREEN-FREE WEEK









Did you know?
The average family spends 4-5 hours every day watching TV but only 35 minutes having a meaningful conversation.


Television and Violence
By the time the average child is 18, they will have witnessed over 16,000 murders and 200,000 acts of violence on television. 10% of all youth violence is directly attributable to viewing violent television. More disturbing, over 90% of children say they feel scared or upset by what they see on television.

It’s a Mean, Mean, Mean World
People who watch television often develop what is known as “Mean World Syndrome”, a type of depression where they tend to view the world at large as a dangerous or terrible place filled with acts of violence.Television news programs are largely responsible for this. Ever noticed the “rhythm” of news program? There is a dramatic headline (Man kills six! Coming up next!”) then a commercial break…then the story you are waiting for will come up after the commercial break. Sadly, this is calculated by networks to keep viewers “glued “ to the set so that they will stay to watch the commercials.
Marketing studies show that people who are sad or fearful tend to buy more things in an effort to feel better.

Television and Obesity
Television has come to replace many of the activities that children participated in generations ago. Instead of playing outside, participating in sports or outdoor activities – the average child today spends four to five hours daily in front of the television.

 
Television promotes poor nutrition and eating habits
Nutritional information of television is frequently distorted or incorrect with companies making outrageous advertising claims about the health and vitality their products provide.
Watch Saturday morning cartoons with your favorite youngster and note just how many ads appear for sugary cereals, snack foods and fast food places. You’ll be surprised.In an average four hours of Saturday morning cartoons your child will view over 200 advertisements for junk foods and candy.

Television and education
Studies show that watching 10 or more hours of television a week negatively impact children’s school performance. Children exposed to TV on a daily basis show significant drops in their creativity, problem-solving ability and their reading levels.
In fact, 56% of 4-6 year olds cannot read in homes where the television is on most or all of the time.

Television – the unknown teacher
More disturbing is the fact that over 81% of the time children age 2 and up spend in front of the television is time unsupervised. Most parents have little or no idea what their children may be exposed to in their day-to-day media experiences.The average child spends 900 hours per year in school – yet over 1,023 hours per year parked in front of the television.
Parents and teachers alike, report that participating in TV Turn-Off week raises not only grades, often children turn to reading to fill the hours.

   101 Screen-Free Activities, Part 1
 101 Screen-Free Activities, Part 2

ATENÇÃO: Olhem o e-mail que eu recebi da organização do Semana Sem Tela:

SFW Follow-up

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Sara Adelmann sara@commercialfreechildhood.org

3:40 PM (20 hours ago)
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Hi Hellen,

Thank you for making Screen-Free Week an international celebration! How did SFW with your students go? We're very interested in learning more about how we can better support local SFW efforts. We already know that we need to translate more of our materials, but please let us know if there is anything else we can do to help make planning easier.

We’re also interested in collecting photos and stories from the week. Do you have any that you’d like to share with us? If you do, please send them along to me and let me know if we can use them on our website and in our print materials.

I look forward to hearing more about your experience.

Best,
Sara

Sara Adelmann, M.A.
Screen Time Project Manager
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
89 South Street, Suite 403
Boston, MA 02111





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