Charren P, Gelber A, Arnold M
Action for Children's Television, Boston, MA.
Pediatrics. 1994 Oct;94(4 Pt 2):631-7.
Pediatrician advocacy concerning the impact of television violence on children should be clearly grounded in the holistic concern of pediatricians with children's health and well-being. Pediatricians should not promote legislative or regulatory efforts to reduce children's exposure to television violence by proscribing certain kinds of program content. Instead, priority should be given to strategies that improve the content and quality of television programming viewed by children and that enhance the viewing choices made by children and their families. Such strategies include providing parent education and pressing for strong implementation of the Children's Television Act. Pediatricians should dedicate their efforts to increasing the awareness of broadcasters and the general public, acting as educators and persuaders. In order to advocate and educate effectively, pediatricians need to amplify their own knowledge and understanding of television-related issues and their significance. Finally, because children's exposure to television violence is but one part of a larger social context, pediatricians concerned with this issue should devote significant attention to related problems that diminish the health and well-being of children.
儿科医生关于电视暴力对儿童影响的倡导，应明确基于儿科医生对儿童健康和福祉的全面关注。儿科医生不应通过禁止某些类型的节目内容来推动减少儿童接触电视暴力的立法或监管努力。相反，应优先考虑改善儿童观看的电视节目的内容和质量、增加儿童及其家庭观看选择的策略。此类策略包括提供家长教育以及敦促大力实施《儿童电视法案》。儿科医生应致力于提高广播公司和公众的认识，充当教育者和劝导者。为了有效地进行倡导和教育，儿科医生需要扩充自身对与电视相关问题及其重要性的知识和理解。最后，由于儿童接触电视暴力只是更大社会背景的一部分，关注此问题的儿科医生应高度重视那些损害儿童健康和福祉的相关问题。
