* Number of respondents: n = 544 (teachers who said media have been harmful to their students in their academic performance). ** Number of respodents: n = 589 (teachers who thought entertainment media had any negative effect on their students regarding their social development).
The original question posed by the source was: - for academic performance: "Please mark the types of media use that you think have been most harmful to your students on
this/these issue[s]:" - for social development: "Please mark the types of media use that you think have had the biggest negative effect to your students on this/these issue[s]:".
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Media with negative influence on children in the United States in 2012
The graph presents media with negative influence on children, according to the views of American teachers expressed in ***. During the Common Sense Media survey, ** percent of teachers stated they believed computer games had negative influence on children's academic performance.
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