The Daily Mail: Mangles Quote to Blame Video Games
It becomes rather tedious after a while
Right, so the Children's Society has produced a report called 'Good Childhood Report'. The Children's Society is an organisation with links to the Church of England. Its report has been in process since its 'Good Childhood Inquiry' was set up in 2005.
The Daily Mail is a British tabloid newspaper which thrives on stirring up the hearts of the British public; it mostly leaves their minds alone.
Today, The Daily Mail printed the following:
"Computers and television have pushed a generation of children towards violent behaviour, early sex and mental illness, a large-scale study said yesterday.
And this...
"And it (the report) blamed computer games, the internet and television for 'the lurch to more and more violence which we know can breed violence and increase mental illness'".
Right... so, fortunately David Thomson, the (CofE) Bishop of Huntingdon, has a blog. In this blog, he actually prints the briefing notes for the very same report. Here's what the report says:
"Children now inhabit a quite new youth culture, more separate than ever from adults. With £3 billion a year to spend and watching 21 hours of television, video games and internet media a week children attract massive advertising. Some unprincipled advertisers explicitly exploit peer pressure.
"The more a child is exposed to TV and the internet the more materialistic she becomes, the worse she relates to her parents and the worse her mental health. The way firms are promoting sugary, salty high-fat foods to children is leading to rising levels of obesity.
"If current trends continue, by 2023 there will be a 54 per cent rise in Type II diabetes and by 2051 life expectancy will fall five years. It is not acceptable for young people to be exposed to advertising which produces demonstrable harm.
"The most dangerous aspect of media content is the lurch to more and more violence which we know from controlled studies can breed violence and increase mental illness. But the biggest problem is alcohol, with a quarter of 16-19 year olds now engaging in hazardous drinking."
So... that lurching that the Mail is talking about? More of a general lurch and the report appears as concerned about "unprincipled advertisers", fast food and booze.
The Daily Mail is a British tabloid newspaper which thrives on stirring up the hearts of the British public; it mostly leaves their minds alone.
Today, The Daily Mail printed the following:
"Computers and television have pushed a generation of children towards violent behaviour, early sex and mental illness, a large-scale study said yesterday.
And this...
"And it (the report) blamed computer games, the internet and television for 'the lurch to more and more violence which we know can breed violence and increase mental illness'".
Right... so, fortunately David Thomson, the (CofE) Bishop of Huntingdon, has a blog. In this blog, he actually prints the briefing notes for the very same report. Here's what the report says:
"Children now inhabit a quite new youth culture, more separate than ever from adults. With £3 billion a year to spend and watching 21 hours of television, video games and internet media a week children attract massive advertising. Some unprincipled advertisers explicitly exploit peer pressure.
"The more a child is exposed to TV and the internet the more materialistic she becomes, the worse she relates to her parents and the worse her mental health. The way firms are promoting sugary, salty high-fat foods to children is leading to rising levels of obesity.
"If current trends continue, by 2023 there will be a 54 per cent rise in Type II diabetes and by 2051 life expectancy will fall five years. It is not acceptable for young people to be exposed to advertising which produces demonstrable harm.
"The most dangerous aspect of media content is the lurch to more and more violence which we know from controlled studies can breed violence and increase mental illness. But the biggest problem is alcohol, with a quarter of 16-19 year olds now engaging in hazardous drinking."
So... that lurching that the Mail is talking about? More of a general lurch and the report appears as concerned about "unprincipled advertisers", fast food and booze.