Problem
Children's misapprehension of reality in the media
Other Names:
Children's inability to separate fantasy from reality on television Nature:
Children may have difficulty separating fantasy from reality while viewing television programmes. As the development of characters in television dramas may be too complex for children to fully understand, they are more likely to identify characters as being either wholly good or completely bad. Thus, the reality of human dichotomy is often misapprehended. Children are also more likely to have difficulty distinguishing actors from the characters they portray.
Broader Problems:
Media illiteracySubstitution of fantasy for realitySocially disruptive effects of video games Related Problems:
Avoidance of realityMeaningless recreationMisuse of advertising during educationUncontrolled use of virtual reality equipment Aggravates:
Blind belief in a homogenous realityInability to resolve problems realisticallyHarmful effects of comic strips and picture-story books Strategies:
Promoting visual literacyPromoting fantasyDiscrediting substitution of fantasy for realityUnderstanding children's inability to separate fantasy from realityImproving children's ability to separate fantasy from realityDistinguishing fantasy from realityCorrecting children's misapprehension of reality in the mediaQuestioning reality Subject(s):
Communication → MediaIndividuation → Psychoanalysis
Society → Infants
Transportation, Telecommunications → Television
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
12.08.2020 – 16:15 CEST