Education Report - What Teachers Think of Effects of Entertainment Media

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VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report in English. Common Sense Media is a nonprofit group in United States that studies children's use of media and . The group has done a survey asking teachers about effects of their students' use of entertainment media. "Entertainment " includes TV shows, music, video games, texting, social networks, and other technology that students use for fun. Many said they believe media use has hurt academic performance in some cases was already weak. Vicky Rideout wrote report for Common Sense Media. She said nearly four of 10 teachers said their students were just fair poor at reading, communication, math, and science. More said students were only fair at writing. The survey involved teachers from around the country in kindergarten through 12th . They included both new and experienced teachers and teachers high-- and low-income areas. Seventy-one percent of the teachers they believe students' use of entertainment media has reduced ability to pay attention in class. And almost 60 said it has hurt their writing skills. Many teachers they believe their students' media use has also hurt social development. They said the biggest problem was that negatively affected students' ideas about relationships between the sexes toward parents and teachers. They said media use encourages and anti-social behavior. Teachers who believed media use harms development were more likely to describe themselves as "uncomfortable" new technologies. For VOA Learning English, I'm Laurel Bowman. ( from a radio program broadcast 17Jan2013)

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