”Det är så himla onödigt allt det där” : – en studie om hur barn uppfattar våld på tv-nyheter

• Main Authors: Denzler, Sofia, Åslund, Linnea, Öström, Suzette
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Högskolan i Kalmar, Institutionen för kommunikation och design 2009
• Subjects: children; violence; news; media; fiction; socialization; reception research; journalism; television.
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hik:diva-2510

The purpose of our thesis was to examine how children think about violence on TV news. We also wanted to find out what children think about violence, both in other TV programmes and in reality. Adults often speak for children, we wanted to hear the children’s own opinions. This study was based on theories of socialization and reception research. We showed violent news clips for 12 eleven and twelve year olds. In the meantime, we recorded the children’s reactions on film. Afterward, we interviewed them about their thoughts and feelings related to the clips. Our study is based on interviews and observations. We came to the conclusion that the children in our study think violence are very unnecessary. Most of the children did not find the clips particularly scary, but many mentioned that they think blood is disgusting to watch.