Analysing the types of TV programmes viewed by children from different socio‐economic strata based on their self‐report in the Turkish context

Abstract

This research investigated the amount of time that children from different socio-economic strata spend watching television per week and whether there was a difference among children from low, middle and upper socioeconomic strata with regard to viewing programme types, including action adventure, news and information, competitions, sports, paparazzi shows, cartoons, child informative and musical and comedy. Preparing and conducting this investigation involved a survey including TV programme types and the amount of time the participants spent watching television per week. Four hundred and ninety-two primary school children participated. They came from low, middle and upper socio-economic strata from three different primary schools in Turkey. The results indicate that significant differences exist among children from low, middle and upper socioeconomic strata with respect to viewing different programme types like action adventure, competitions, paparazzi shows, child informative and musical and comedy, while there was a non-significant difference among the participants from different socio-economic strata in viewing news and information, sports and cartoons. Some implications for further research have been made for prospective researchers. L'analyse des types de Television programmes pour les enfants de differentes classes socioeconomiques basées sur leur proper rapport dans le contexte turcCette recherche a exposé la quantité de temps que les enfants de differentes classes socio-economiques ont depensé pour regarder la TV par semaine; s'il y avait une différence parmi les enfants de hautes, moyennes et basses classes socio-economiques du point de vue des types de programme tels ques l'aventure d'action, les nouvelles la compétition d'information, les sports, le paparazzi shows, les bandes dessinées, celle d'information pour les enfants et la comédie. Préparer et conduire cette recherche a developpé une enquete comprenant les types de programme et la quantité de temps que les participants depensent pour regarder la TV par semaine. Les 492 éleves d'école primaire ont participés à cette investigation. Ils sont venus des hautes, moyennes et basses classes socio-economiques parmi trois differents écoles primaries en Turquie. Les resultats indiquent que les differences significatives existent parmi les enfants de hautes, moyennes et basses classes socio-economiques du *Feritpasa mah, Kerkuk cad, Yasemen sok, Goncagul sit, 1/28 Selcuklu, Konya, Turkey. Email: akkabadayi@hotmail.com 148 A. Kabadayı point de vue des types de programme tels ques l'aventure d'action, les nouvelles la compétition d' information, les sports, le paparazzi shows, les bandes dessinées celle d'information pour les enfants et la comédie et la musique tandis qu'il n'y a pas de difference importante parmi les participants de differents de classes socioeconomiques mentionnés en regardant respectivement les nouvelles et information, les sports, les bandes dessinées. Certaines déductions pour une recherché ont été executé pour les recherches prospective...

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