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After reading the chapter we can see how there was increased control over the content of media as complaints increased by educators and parents. The problem here was the competition between movies and educators over the control of children minds. I was interested in the topic of advertising marketing teenagers. Today the media is focused on youth and the content we see on television focuses on them such as the likes of reality television. Many of the content shown on television is not appropriate for our youth today. The chapter also included Payne studies which described the effect of movies on the emotional responses of children. It also explained how movies had a detrimental effect on the health of children by disturbing sleep patterns. I believe this is true today with the innappropriate content we see on television however it is the job of the parent or guardian around that child to monitor what children should watch and what the deem appropriate. Households have to make an initiative to monitor what there children are watching. We can see how powerful the media is with the magazine example on page 350. Although parents cant monitor what there children are exposed to all the time how can parents let their voices be heard for a change in the content their children are watching? Should government real intervene ?