The Adverse Effects of Family Serials and Movies on the Emotions of Middle Childhood

Abstract

The impact of movies and television on children has been a highly debated topic for years on end. These mediums have demonstrated positive effects on children, encompassing aspects like awareness, knowledge, values, and etiquette. But it can't be denied that with every positive there exists equally negative effects. The negative impacts of movies and television have been looked at by professionals over the course of years and varying results have been obtained. The impact of these media varies depending on the target audience, shaped by internal and external factors like personality, environment, childhood experiences, trauma, and the perception of values and morals. This paper is intended to find out the adverse effect of family serials an movie on the emotions of Middle Childhood. The findings reveals that the content, dialogue and the themes of most of the Family serials and movies result in adverse effect of the students at various age level.