A case for the all or nothing approach

I think that, despite the good intentions of prior posters, it is unrealistic to expect young children to understand media literacy. They have not had sufficient education and if it was to be taught effectively to people of their age then the bi product of extreme cynicism would potentially be much worse than the media’s impact itself. Therefore this leaves two possible courses of action: devoid our children of media influence or allow them to see what they are going to see. Using our current generation as an example, it can be seen that it is possible to raise children in a media based world. From what I have seen people seem to be functioning normally. Those against this generation's actions are working under a different moral code than ours today. The better question for analysts may be does our generation feel that what we are doing is inappropriate? That is a question I cannot answer alone. The counter argument is the generations of the past; these people were raised without the media influence in their world. Yes it is true that they may uphold a “greater” moral code we also see in these generations a radical amount of ethnocentricism that is not seen in our current generation. I would much prefer the redefinition of the moral code with every generation to the upholding of a questionable and ethnocentric moral code of the past.