Annual progress report sum up findings suggesting that fear and inequity may be television's most pervasive lessons; 1978 l& shows violence up in children's hours."Then," asked Socrates in Plato's Republic, "shall we simply allow our children to listen to any stories that anyone happens to make up, and so receive into their minds ideas often the very opposite of those we shall think they ought to have when they grow up?'Plato was probably not the first to articulate a concern over the effects of story-telling on young minds; he certainly was not the last. Parents have always been understandably wary of those who wish to entertain or educate their children.Traditionally, the only acceptable extra-familial storytellers were those certified by religious institutions. With the growth of educational institutions, also originally religious, a new group of storytellers interceded between children and the world.The emergence of mass media fundamentally altered the picture. Children were increasingly open to influences which parents, priests, and teachers could not monitor or control. Beginning with the widespread availability of printed materials for the literate, enlarged by the availability of movies and radio, and culminating with the omnipresence of television, the opportunities for children
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