Without any other form of education
No. So many things are miss represented in movies and TV or skipped entirely in the name of entertainment.
Yeah, like sneezing. Or head rests. Or phone calls.
Saying “bye” before hanging up
Finally, someone pointed it out! I was beginning to think I was the only one who cared. This used to keep me up at night as a kid.
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Definitively no.
You can learn a lot of things but there is definitely a crossover where you’re putting your brain to work to solve the problem with a known answer that you don’t know that is going to be graded that television can never replace.
No. Not even close.
On one hand I am always amazed at what kids can learn and latch onto in the weirdest ways. So I have no doubt that a lot can be learned through context. Watching movies can absolutely demonstrate a seemingly endless scenarios in a way that can be understood.
However, as someone raising a child, let me tell you how often I have to stop and explain that certain things are not real just because there’s a video of it. Or how many words are being used incorrectly because they were heard in one context that was misunderstood.
I think a child who only had media to teach them, with no one to correct things, would have an endless amount of misunderstandings - nevermind the amount of things they’d believe that are entirely fictional. Basically, no, this kid would be screwed.
There are a lot of cultural things to learn from Hollywood, but very little actual academic content comes out of Hollywood. If any.
Add public TV to that mix and the academic content level goes WAY up. I don’t think of public TV as Hollywood so I’m unsure if OP is including it.
Seems that youtube has much more content that I would call educational. I would go there for an education before Hollywood.
