Media influences Child Education and socialization
(Basharat Manzoor, Lahore Pakistan)
There was a time when a major
part of socialization of an individual was constituted by family and friends.
This life long process was followed by the ancestors but in present age mass
media plays vital role in socialization of each and every individual. In recent
days every home has a television and radio due to this infant after his birth
very soon comes under the influence of mass media and in this way mass media is
the most dominant factor of socialization and have ability to establish the
direction of any individual or society.
Through media children learn many things they can know about news all over the
world, they can learn culture, they can learn different types of education from
here and they can get a lot of knowledge from media. Children whose interaction
with media is strong are more aware about current affairs, social and political
situation all around the World especially within homeland country due to this
these children think about different aspects and think different solutions of
issues in this way thinking level of children and creativity enhance.
But on the other hand media has many negative effects on children when Children
use media for negative tasks such as they play games on internet, use Facebook,
look movies and dramas so this is just the wastage of time. Some students watch
such movies and dramas that negatively influence their thinking and motivate
them toward negative tasks in this way socialization of children negatively
affected. Students at the stage of early education waste major portion of their
time on mass media instead of study.
Mass media not only have effected directly but also indirectly through parents
and friends.it influences parents-children relationship. In past students mostly
spend their time with their family learn from their parents. Parents play
different games with their children through which attachment of parents and
children made strong. Mother learnt different moral stories to their children
through which process of socialization proceed and morality of children
developed father learnt children stories f successful person of society and set
the values of their children and stories of wars through which parents enhance
the bravery of their children. All family family members sit together and
discuss different aspect of their life and planed for future. But by mass media
each and every dimension affects some dimensions affected positively and some
others negatively. Media change the children role, Now a days children always in
playing games on computer and mobiles watching TV chatting with friends through
mobiles or using internet and socially media they mostly un touch which their
family their attachment with media instrument strong as compare to their family.
On the other hand the role of parents also changing day by day. Mostly mother
remain busy with electronic media and watching dramas and other different shows,
they set their essential work cooking cleaning and clothe washing time according
to their TV serial time. They not give proper time to their children and other
family member. Some mother busy calling to their friends on the other hand male
members are also busy due to mass media. No doubt media makes easy life of every
individual for facilitated every individual but it also increases the needs of
every individuals. Few years ago area of needs are narrow as compare to these
days people do small duration of time but all individual try to more work as
they need more money for survive in the era of mass media. They need to purchase
instruments of media such as computer mobile TV Radio for maintains of these
instruments as a bill of internet of and balance for mobile phone and phone.
They also need money for purchasing other things that are access able due to
mass media. For these reasons man of today work for a long duration and have no
time for their family when he has free time time he spends these moments with
internet or mobile instead of family on other hand some other father spend more
time by watching news canals such as talk shows of political leader and latest
news.in this they spend their time with media instrument and not give proper
time to their children and their family.
Child education as well as socialization effectively influencing through mass
media in two ways firstly children directly involve with media, secondly parents
spend their time with media instead of their children. So, directly or
indirectly mass media has a great influence on child education and
socialization.