Generation M

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Generation M
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What is Generation M?

• M Multitasking
• Media

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What do they do?

• IM Cell Phone
• HW Computer
• TV I Pod
• Text Message

ALL AT ONE TIME
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Do you know these text acronyms?
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Kaisers study (2005)

• Generation M Media in the Lives of 8-18
  Year-olds
• More than 2,000 3rd 12th graders completed
  detailed questionnaires
• Nearly 700 participants maintained seven-day
  media diaries

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Kaisers study (2005)

• NEW versus OLD Media
• Young people today spend an average of nearly 6 ½
  hours a day with media

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Video Diaries

• Discussion
• Do you multitask?
• Does your child multitask? How many things can
  they do at one time?
• What do you think about doing homework while
  engaging with other stuff?

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Time Magazine (Mar. 2006)

• The report ends with this line
• Generation M has a lot to teach parents
• and teachers about what new technology
• can do. But its up to grownups to show them
• what it cant do, and that theres life
• beyond the screen.

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Effects Of Video Game Playing On Children
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Positives

• Video game playing introduces children to
  computer technology.
• Games can give practice in following directions.
• Some games provide practice in problem solving
  and logic.
• Games can provide practice in use of fine motor
  and spatial skills.

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Facts

• 10.5 billion in sales in 2005
• Heavy video game players are in the 6 to 17 year
  old age group

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Facts

• May 2008 mystery shop study found that national
  retailers refused to sell M-rated video games to
  minors 80 of the time.

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Negatives

• Social isolation
• More aggressive behavior than passive television
  watching
• Women are often portrayed as weaker characters
  that are helpless or sexually provocative.

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Negatives

• Game environments are often based on plots of
  violence, aggression and gender bias.
• Many games only offer an arena of weapons,
  killings, kicking, stabbing and shooting.
• Players must become more violent to win.

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Video Games Affect Brain Activity

• 4 dozens of teenagers participated in this study
• Half of them played a violent video game while
  the other half a racing game
• More brain activity in the area of emotion
  arousal, less activity in the area of
  concentration and self-control

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ReasonsChildren give for playing video games

• It's fun
• Like to feel in control
• Releases tension
• Relieves boredom
• Develops gaming skills
• Feel a sense of mastery

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Bottom line

• Many video games are fun and appropriate.
• Violent video games may be linked to an increase
  in aggressive behavior.
• There are many questions about the cumulative
  effect of video games, computers, and television.
• Parents are urged to monitor video game play the
  same way they need to monitor television.

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Tips for Parents

• LIMIT game playing time. (no more than an hour
  per day)
• CHECK the age game ratings and descriptors on the
  box.
• USE other content sources and reviews to help you
  choose a game.
• AVOID the "first person shooter", killing-machine
  games.

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Tips for Parents

• REQUIRE that homework and chores be done before
  game playing.
• DO NOT PUT video game consoles or computers in
  children's bedrooms.
• PLAY AND ENJOY a game with your child check in
  as your child moves into deeper levels in the
  game.

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Tips for Parents

• TALK about the content of the games. Ask your
  child what's going on in the game.
• EXPLAIN to your children why you object to
  certain games.

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Tips for Parents

• ENCOURAGE your child to play with friends, or
  other activities away from the video game set.
• DIVERSIFY your childs interests
• OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES

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Websites
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www.k9webprotection.com

• K9 Web Protection is a free Internet filtering
  and control solution for the home. K9 puts YOU in
  control of the Internet so you can protect your
  kids.

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www.x3watch.com

• X3watch is accountability software designed to
  help with online integrity. When you browse the
  internet and access a site which may contain
  questionable material, the program will record
  the site name. A person of your choice (an
  accountability partner) will receive an email
  containing all questionable sites you may have
  visited.

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www.mediafamily.org

• National Institute on Media and the Family
  (motto building healthy family through the wise
  use of internet)
• Video game report cards
• Offer many hot topics
• Free parent guides

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www.christianitytoday.com/parenting

• Christianity Today Christian parenting
• Articles for different age group

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www.mediafamily.org

• National Institute on Media and the Family
  (motto building healthy family through the wise
  use of internet)
• Video game report cards
• Offer many hot topics
• Free parent guides