A presentation that we made on our research for the Academic Writing course. The research was about the effects that TV violence has on children and ways to reduce it. Have a look. And if you'd also need the research paper, contact me on my facebook account.

1. RESEARCH PRESENTATION
EFFECTS OF TV VIOLENCE
ON CHILDREN
UMAID KHAN
RAJA ABDAR-RAHMAN
MUHAMMAD QASIM BAIG

2. INTRODUCTION
• TV is one of the main sources of entertainment in our lives
• Violence is being shown on TV to attract people to watch TV
• We believe that it has negative effects on children
• We did this research to find out whether or not:
Our thoughts are right, TV violence should be stopped

3. SCOPE OF THE RESEARCH
• 15 days were provided
• We could only survey 20 people
• We did our survey in places inside Lahore i.e., Askari X, DHA
• We could only interview less than two people

4. LITERATURE REVIEW
• Movies are the main source of TV violence
• It has become a fantasy for children; they like watching it
• Children have started to adapt personality traits like; violence, fear,
immorality and poor behavior
• Children of ages under 4 become comfortable watching it
• It’s portrayal needs to be reduced, if not stopped
http://www.studymode.com/essays/Effects-Of-Tv-Violence-On-Children-38510.html
https://www.novelguide.com/reportessay/social-issues/political-issues/effects-television-violence-children

5. DATA COLLECTION METHODOLOGIES
Data was collected in two ways:
• Survey Questionnaires
• Interviews

6. SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES
The questionnaire was divided into three parts:
• Awareness of the problem among people
• People’s beliefs about it’s negative effects
• People’s suggestions

7. Awareness of the problem among people
• Do you have children in your family?
• For how long do they watch TV each day?
• Do they often watch channels/programs that portray violence?
• Do you think that these programs are greatly affecting the children?

8. People’s beliefs about it’s negative effects
• Have you observed any change in any child in/out of your family due
to this projection of violence?
• Do you believe that it affects children more in a bad way than in a
good way?
• Which personality trait do you is think is being adapted by children
mostly?

9. People’s suggestions
• Do you think that children should be stopped from watching TV
violence?
• How should they be stopped?
• Do you think that stopping them from watching violence will counter
the negative effects that it has already had on children?

10. INTERVIEWS
• What do you think about TV violence?
• What do you think is the main reason for children to get attracted
towards TV violence?
• Do you think that it is affecting children in a bad way? How?
• Do you believe that the children should be stopped from watching TV
violence?
• How should they be stopped?
• Do you have anything else to say on this topic?

11. DATA ANALYSIS: QUESTIONNAIRE
Part 1: Awareness of the problem among people
• 20 out of the 20 people questioned have children in their family
• Majority of the children watch TV for more than 4 hours each day
• 17 out of 20 people answered that children often watch programs associated
with TV violence
• 16 out of 20 people believed that it is affecting their psychological state

12. 20
0
25
20
15
10
5
0
Do you have children in your family?
Yes No

13. Part 2: People’s beliefs about it’s negative effects
• 11 people have observed changes in children
due to TV violence
• 15 people believed that it has negative effects
on children
• Majority claimed that children adapt violence
and immorality from TV violence

14. Do you believe that it affects children more in a bad way than in a good way?
15
0
5
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Yes No Maybe

15. Part 3: People’s suggestions
20 out of 20 people believed that children should be stopped from
watching TV violence
14 out of 20 people suggested that it should be done by decreasing the
portrayal of violence on TV
17 out of 20 people believed that it will have a positive effect on their
grooming

16. Do you think that stopping them from watching violence will counter the negative effects
20
0
25
20
15
10
5
0
that it has already had on children?
Yes No

17. DATA ANALYSIS: INTERVIEW
• TV violence is disturbing
• Children are attracted towards it, because they can’t see much of it in reality
• It is effecting children in all the bad ways
• Children have to be stopped from watching it
• More of moral content needs to be displayed on TV

18. CONCLUSION
• Our hypothesis resulted to be true
• TV violence really is effecting children in a bad way
• It’s portrayal has to be reduced

19. RECOMMENDATIONS
• Reduce the portrayal of TV violence
• Control what your children watch on TV
• Decrease their TV time generally
• Often tell your children about the difference between right and wrong