Children and Television

Lemish, Dafna

doi:10.1002/9781119269465.ch16

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“…In presuming that sexuality is not yet a suitable topic in a child’s life, whether it alludes to heterosexuality or homosexuality, inclusive representations are reserved for those who are able to comprehend it. This implicit restriction differs from the notion of ‘childhood innocence’ (Lemish, 2007) as it is seemingly not related to moral or ethical considerations, but more so to the intellectual understanding of ‘sexual orientation’ as a concept. Our interviewees nonetheless emphasized it can be rightfully included in any programme for any age, if adapted to the cognitive abilities of the viewers.…”

Section: How To Include Sexual and Gender Diversity?mentioning

confidence: 81%

“…Although the positive outcomes of diverse media representations have been studied extensively, such as the increase in societal acceptance and general well-being of minorities (Choi, 2021; Mares and Acosta, 2010; Mares and Pan, 2013), the premise for sexual and gender diversity is more complicated when children are the target audience of such content. The notion of ‘childhood innocence’ (Lemish, 2007) is crucial in this matter, as it uncovers the perception of children as ‘innocent’ and ‘asexual’ viewers of content that could consequently be perceived as inappropriate when it alludes to sexuality. Hence, it is compelling to investigate if and how these notions influence the specific production processes of children’s content.…”

Section: Producing Lgbt+ Content For Children: a Challenging Task?mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ticking off the (pink) diversity box? Production views on LGBT+ in children’s fiction

Wichelen

Dhoest

2022

European Journal of Cultural Studies

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This article provides insight on the perceived importance Flemish producers attach to including sexual and gender diversity in their productions targeting children. Drawing on the frameworks of the ‘production ecology’, ‘cultures of production’ and ‘queer production studies’, this article considers the different internal and external influences that might impact why and how producers depict these LGBT+ narratives. Through qualitative in-depth interviews with different involved parties of these production processes, this article first and foremost demonstrates a unanimous, strong advocacy for diversified representations by all the participants. The formative role of television in informing and evoking empathy among children, as well as parents as an implicit secondary audience, are primary objectives when creating these narratives. However, the approach to this didactic premise differs for the public broadcaster compared with the commercial channels and is further nuanced in relation to the perceived cognitive abilities of children as an audience. In particular, sexual diversity is approached differently compared with non-normative gender expressions (e.g. transgender characters), the latter being perceived as (too) complex within a child’s frame of reference. The current production ecology has thus facilitated the recurrence of certain storylines and characters, while others remain underrepresented.

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Section: How To Include Sexual and Gender Diversity?mentioning

confidence: 81%

Section: Producing Lgbt+ Content For Children: a Challenging Task?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Ticking off the (pink) diversity box? Production views on LGBT+ in children’s fiction

Wichelen

Dhoest

2022

European Journal of Cultural Studies

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“…We found that using child-directed appeals, such as cartoons, was the main strategy used to target children in RTD beverage ads. This suggests companies include child-appealing strategies in RTD beverage ads placed in child and general audience programmes to capture children’s attention, given that children mostly consume general audience programming ( 41 ) . This aligns with studies showing children are the main target of non-core foods marketing ( 42 ) .…”

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Beverage industry TV advertising shifts after a stepwise mandatory food marketing restriction: achievements and challenges with regulating the food marketing environment

Mediano Stoltze,

Correa,

Corvalán Aguilar

et al. 2023

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are heavily advertised globally, and SSB consumption is linked to increased health risk. To reduce unhealthy food marketing, Chile implemented a regulation for products classified as high in calories, sugar, saturated fat, or sodium, starting with a 2016 ban on child-targeted advertising of these products and adding a 6 am-10 pm daytime advertising ban in 2019. This study assesses changes in television advertising prevalence of ready-to-drink beverages, including and beyond SSBs, to analyze how the beverage industry shifted its marketing strategies across Chile's implementation phases. Design: Beverage advertisements were recorded during two randomly constructed weeks in April-May of 2016 (pre-implementation) through 2019 (daytime ban). Ad products were classified as "high-in" or "non-high-in" according to regulation nutrient thresholds. Ads were analyzed for their program placement and marketing content. Setting: Chile. Results: From pre-regulation to daytime ban: Child-targeted, daytime, and total ads decreased by 51.8 percentage points (p.p.), 51.5 p.p., and 61.8 p.p. for high-in products and increased by 62.9 p.p., 54.9 p.p., and 61.8 p.p. for non-high-in products (Ps < 0.001). Additionally, total ready-to-drink beverage ads increased by 5.4 p.p., and brand-only ads (no product shown) by 7 p.p. Conclusions: After the regulation implementation, “high-in” ads fell significantly, but “non-high-in” ads rose and continued using strategies targeting children and being aired during daytime. Given research showing that advertising one product can increase preferences for a different product from that same brand and product categories, broader food marketing regulation approaches may be needed to protect children from the harmful effects of food marketing.

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“…Adolescents generally use Facebook the most in relation to the other content available to them, more often used by young men than young girls (Livingstone et al, 2014). Young men are more likely to use the Internet (Cole et al, 2013) and video games (Lenhart, 2015), while young girls often prefer television programs that deal with friendships and other relationships (Lemish, 2007). Ilišin (2003) finds that girls read more and listen to the radio, while boys watch television and use computers.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Adolescenti općenito Facebook koriste daleko najviše u odnosu na ostale sadržaje koji im se nude, pri čemu ga mladići češće koriste od djevojaka (Livingstone i sur., 2014). Mladići su češće na internetu (Cole i sur., 2013) i videoigricama (Lenhart, 2015), dok djevojke češće preferiraju televizijske programe koji se bave prijateljstvima i drugim ljudskim odnosima (Lemish, 2007). Ilišin (2003) nalazi da djevojčice više čitaju tisak i slušaju radio, dok dječaci više gledaju televiziju i koriste se računalom.…”

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The Relationship between the Frequency of Use of the Media, the Role of Peers and Adolescents' Agression in Elementary School

Paljušaj¹

2020

Croatian Journal of Education

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The main purpose of this study is to examine the effect of media violence exposure and adolescent's agression and the mediating role of peers in the above-mentioned relationship. This research was conducted among 318 students of Rijeka's elementary schools with an average age of 12.67 years, out of which 166 were female adolescents and 145 were male adolescents. Participants were first asked to answer questions related to demographic data. Subsequently they were asked to fill in questionnaires regarding agressive behaviour, the frequency of use of the media, the role of peers and finally their preference of media content. The results show that the frequency of the use of the media is a significant positive predictor of physical agression among adolescents and that the susceptibility to peer pressure has a mediating role in the relationship between media and physical agression. Results are discussed in the context of previous research findings and theories related to testing media and agression. Keywords: adolescents; physical agression; media; role of peers; school

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Children and Television

Cited by 7 publications

References 15 publications

Ticking off the (pink) diversity box? Production views on LGBT+ in children’s fiction

Ticking off the (pink) diversity box? Production views on LGBT+ in children’s fiction

Beverage industry TV advertising shifts after a stepwise mandatory food marketing restriction: achievements and challenges with regulating the food marketing environment

The Relationship between the Frequency of Use of the Media, the Role of Peers and Adolescents' Agression in Elementary School

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