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Aim |
Investigate the effects of television on children's behaviour. |
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Procedure |
Charlton collected data of the children's behaviour in many ways: » questionnaires to teachers and parents » observations of behaviour in the playground » content analysed what was watched on TV, particularly how much violence was watched. » video camera placed in classrooms and playgrounds to watch the children |
What did he do with the TV? |
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Results |
Found very little difference in behaviour before and after the introduction of television. Island had low rate behaviour problems to begin with and this did not increase by watching television. Because the population of St Helena was so small, parents had high control over their children and so the effect of TV seemed to be reduced. |
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Conclusion |
TV did not have a significant impact on children's behaviour. Even if violence was watched it was not copied. |
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Evaluation: Strengths |
Natural experiment - has greater realism than a laboratory one. The introduction of television happened naturally.
Discreet cameras were used so the children would act naturally because they did not they were being watched. |
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Evaluation: Weaknesses |
Didn't change the name of the island.
Because of the close nature of the community, parents and teachers may have been unwilling to report any aggression because of the negative view researchers would have of the island. Aggressive behaviour could have also been quickly controlled to avoid a negative perception.
Other psychologists have reported that the programmes watched by the children contained less violence than programmes watched by mainland children. Popular violent programmes such as TMNT and PR were not broadcast on St Helena |
St Helena? |
