Study of

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Study of television viewing habit among
primary school children
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FacilitatorDr. Aparajita Shukla
By Sanket Jani(36) Harsh
Joshi(37) Kuldip Khandla(38) Tarang
Kheradia(39)
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Research Question

• What are the habits of television viewing among
  primary school children and how does it affect
  their performance and attendance?

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Aim

• To study the television viewing habits among
  primary school children and to study its effect
  on performance and attendance.

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Objectives

• To find out television viewing habits of primary
  school children.
• To find out performance and attendance of primary
  school children.
• To evaluate and correlate the effect of
  television viewing on their performance and
  attendance.

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• Sitting in school, little Janhvi sits
  anxiously watching the clock. The teacher is
  talking to the class, but Janhvi just can't wait
  to get home. When the bell finally rings, she
  runs out of the classroom, and all the way home.
  After blasting in the house, she runs to turn on
  the TV. Having nothing more exciting to do,
  Jhanvi will sit in front of the television until
  her mom pulls her away for dinner. This is an all
  to familiar scenario in many Indian homes today.
  What many people don't realize are the problems
  that can develop from young children watching too
  much TV. Many emerging dilemmas are resulting
  from this concern. When a young child with a
  maturing brain sits in front of the TV for
  several hours every day, it can instigate loss of
  creativity, impatience, and violence further
  along down the road.

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Various problems related to television viewing

• Effects on Sensory Development
• Sight
• Hearing
• Sense of wonder
• Effects on Health
• Obesity
• Sleep deprivation

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Others

• 1) Effects on Cognitive and intellectual
  Development
• 2) Language acquisition
• 3) Effects on Creativity and Imagination
• 4) Effects on Social Development
• 5) Effects on Social Development
• 6) Effects on Perceptions of Reality

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• T.V. Numbs Brain

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Methodology
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Type of study

• Cross sectional study

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Study Area

• Study was conducted in the Hebron school in
  Maninagar area, and at C N Vidhyalay in Ambawadi
  area of Ahmedabad ..

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Study Period

• May 2006 to November 2006

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Subject

• 1) Hebron school
• 6th std - 119
• 7th std - 131
• 2) C N school
• 6th std -55
• 7th std -45

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Inclusion criteria

• Children of 6th and 7th standard who have
  television at that home.

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Study variables

• Hobbies
• Watching Television or not.
• Duration of watching Television.
• Particular time of watching Television.
• Habit of watching late night Television.
• Channels and program seen.
• Location of television.
• Watching Television with parents or not.
• Discussing what is seen on Television with
  parents.
• Hours spend on extracurricular activities.
• Eating habit during Television watching.

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Materials

• Volunteers- 4
• Stationary -400 forms
• Computer-1
• Transportation 2 vehichles

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Analysis

• How many students have television at their
  home????

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How many students watch television?
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How many hours does the children watch telivision?
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How many students watch late night shows???
Z value 3.19 So null hypothesis is
rejected. There is significant difference between
the late night show viewing habits among
children of both the school.
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Where is television located in home????
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With whom they watch television???
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How many children discuss what they watch on
television????

• Z value 2.17
• Thus null hypothesis is rejected.
• Thus there is significant difference between
  habit of discussing among two school children.

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How many children follow what they watch on
television????
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How many children eat while watching
television????
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What children eat while watching television???
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Correlation between late night shows and
attendance???
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Correlation between hours of television watching
and attendance???
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Summary

• From the above analysis its concluded that,
• Only three students dont watch television
• Most of the children watch television less than
  2hours.
• Most of the children watch television at night
  and evening which affect their sleep hours and in
  turn affect their attention and attendance in the
  school.
• Nearly 35 students watch late night shows. It
  hampers their brain development. Also most of the
  program at late night are not suitable for
  younger type.
• Most of the television is located at their
  drawing room while rest of them were at bedroom
  and dinner room. This is good as the parents can
  keep watch on the program their children watch.
• Nearly about 50 children watch television
  alone. They watch what they like and believe it.
  Parents are not there to correct their belief.
  This is detrimental to the development of the
  children.

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• From the above table it is concluded that many
  students dont discuss what they watch on
  television. This is not good as some programs may
  be giving wrong information which can be
  corrected only if they discuss it with their
  parents
• It is seen that nearly 40 of students follow
  what they watch. For example they mimic what they
  see.
• It is concluded that 180 students eat while
  watching television which can lead to obesity.
• Nearly 50 of the students eat junk food which
  leads to obesity on long run. It is here the
  role of primodial prevention take place and we
  can prevent many risk factor
• There is no significant correlation between
  attendance and performance.
• 17 students fail having low attendance while
  only 4 students fail having normal attendance.
• Nearly 52 students who are watching late night
  shows lack in their performance
• Their no significant relation between attendance
  and late night television viewing

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Recommendation

• Plan for TV viewing for
• Day of week Show 1
  Show 2
• _________ Time
  Time
• _________ Time
  Time

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Acknowledgment

• Thanking
• 1) Dr. K. N. Trivedi
• 2) Dr. Aparajita Shukla
• 3) PSM Department