The study of preschoolers' television viewing in two families

• Main Authors: Yi-shan Kao, 高藝珊
• Other Authors: 廖鳳瑞
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/n26fy7

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 人類發展與家庭學系 === 97 === Abstract The study was to investigate how preschoolers’watching television in family. Through participative observation, the researcher understood the actual state of two pairs of five-year-old twins from two families watching TV at home, and then interviewed with these children and their parents to know their opinions about watching television. The main conclusions of this study are as follows: 1. Television viewing of these two pairs of twins differed from their divergent family context. It showed that the television viewing of preschooler(s) would be affected byfamily context. 2. There are four effective factors about family context affecting television viewing of preschoolers, as following: (a) Sibling interaction: The power and the interaction style between siblings would affect the conditions of television viewing and the choice of television program when the siblings watch television together. (b) The attitude, the interaction and the parenting belief about television viewing from their parents: Their Parents’ opinions and mediation about television viewing of children would influence children’s TV watching behavior. (c) Other activities excluding television viewing: If there are more domestic activities except for watching TV which could be participated and chosen by children, the average daily hours of television viewing of preschoolers will be less. (d)The space of television viewing: the space where the children watch TV will influence the parents monitor the condition of the children’s television viewing. Actually, the above factors about family context not only influence on the television viewing directly, but also affect each other. Furthermore, these four effective factorscould be tracked to macro factors, such as family economic status and parenting beliefs. 3. The Results obtained from this study is that the television viewing of 5-years old children were active. It is only a part of their life, When there are more interesting activities provided for them and children have more freedom to play, automatically they won’t become heavy viewers.