Can anyone help?

Can anyone help?

by: Laura - 25-06-08 12:14

I am about to begin my 3rd year of an Early Childhood Studies degree, and I am going to be writing my dissertation.

I have decided to write my dissertation on children's TV habits, for example, how much they watch, how this affects their learning etc etc. I was wondering if anybody could direct me to relevant research or books or articles etc, that may inform my dissertation.

 Please note that I have already read around Sue Palmer and the idea of Toxic Childhood, but wondering if there's anything else out there.

Thank you in advance!

by: precious_glow

Hey.. this book might help.. i used it in my disseratation

Valkenburg, P.(2004) Children's responses to the screen.

by: Skyenet

I did a HNC Graded project on using Sign language in Early Years Communication development and came accross a few articles on TV and children

http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/talktoyourbaby/tvreviewarticle.html

http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/health_safety/television.shtml

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3603235.stm

http://www.pbs.org/parents/childrenandmedia/article-faq.html

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7626

These might also point you in the direction of further information

Iain 

by: Curly

http://www.open2.net/healtheducation/family_childdevelopment/2005/technology.html

This website has some useful data.

You could also try to buy Children's Cultural Worlds ISBN 0 470 84694-1 published by Wiley/The Open University. It discusses contrasting views of children's relationships with the media, the technological and economic forces that influence children, overviews the historical changes of children's TV and identifies some theorectical and methodological issues involved in studying children as media audiences. You might find a cheap copy on e-bay.