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Children's Playground Behaviour Across Five Years of Broadcast Television: a Naturalistic Study in a Remote Community

Year: 2000

Type: article

Abstract: 3‐ to 8‐year‐olds’ free‐play behaviour was video‐recorded in two playgrounds before broadcast TV's availability in the South Atlantic island of St. Helena. Similar aged children's behaviour in the same playgrounds was recorded five years after television's arrival. Recorded behaviours were then coded for pro‐social and anti‐social acts. Out of sixty‐four pre‐lpost‐TV comparisons only nine significant shifts were found. Five revealed decreases in pro‐social behaviour (boys and girls), two showed increases in pro‐social behaviour (boys only), and the remaining two showed decreases in anti‐social behaviour (for boys only). In the discussion, particular environmental factors are highlighted which may help determine whether learned aggression (from TV and elsewhere) is enacted.

Source: Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

DOI: 10.1080/1363275000050402

Authors: Tony Charlton, Charlie Panting, Ronald Davie, David Coles, Lorraine Whitmarsh

Institution: Economic and Social Research Council

Language: English

Topic: Child Development and Digital Technology

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2010330178