A mídia televisiva pode influenciar a crianças para um comportamento violento no ambiente escolar?

Abstract

In recent years, violence in schools has been the subject of many questions, and debate. It is known that the students themselves are both targets and practitioners of violence, so it is objective of this research verify that the television media influences and / or encourage the violent behavior of children in school in relation to their peers. This paper discusses the importance of laws governing the indicative classification of audiovisual programs and their effectiveness, as well as the role of parents in children's access control to information obtained through television. The research was conducted with teachers and students from elementary school in a state school in Recife / PE. In this work we chose a field research, exploratory and descriptive, based on a qualitative approach. Data collection took place by means of a questionnaire with open and closed questions. Participants were sixteen (16) students and seven (07) teachers. From the data analysis, it was found that the programs cited by students can influence a child to violent behavior. Furthermore, it was found that the school no educational policy to combat violence. It was also found that a considerable portion of parents / guardians of the students do not give due importance on the television programs their children watch. In general, it was found that in the research institution there are several types of violence among students, including, against teachers. It is necessary to better articulation between parents / guardians and teachers about the child's life, especially with regard to information and stimuli that are televised.