Television in Young Childrens Social Relationships
Our aim is to highlight the role played by television in pre-school-aged childrens social relationships. We moreover examine how social relationships are related to childrens capabilities to cope with their television fears. Children aged 5 to 6 (N=309) were interviewed in three Finnish university...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Population Research Institute of Väestöliitto
2005-01-01
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| Series: | Finnish Yearbook of Population Research |
| Online Access: | https://journal.fi/fypr/article/view/45015 |
| Summary: | Our aim is to highlight the role played by television in pre-school-aged childrens social
relationships. We moreover examine how social relationships are related to childrens
capabilities to cope with their television fears.
Children aged 5 to 6 (N=309) were interviewed in three Finnish university cities
using previously developed interview methods. Parents (N=297) completed four
questionnaires covering family background, TV viewing habits, psychiatric well-being
and quality and quantity of the childs sleep.
Television viewing by pre-school-aged children was quite social in nature, although
our qualitative data suggested that television was sometimes also used in asocial
ways. Co-viewing within the family was common, whereas peer groups signi? cance
in the media reception process was evident after the viewing situation, in childrens
games based on television programs. 62% of children reported at least one television
fear. However, it seems that the presence of family members may help children to cope
with television fears.
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| ISSN: | 1796-6183 1796-6191 |