CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND BEHAVIOUR ACROSS FIVE YEARS OF BROADCAST TELEVISION: A NATURALISTIC STUDY IN A REMOTE COMMUNITY

Charlton, Tony, Panting, Charlie ORCID: 0000-0002-4569-7580, Davie, Ronald, Coles, David and Whitmarsh, Lorraine (2000) CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND BEHAVIOUR ACROSS FIVE YEARS OF BROADCAST TELEVISION: A NATURALISTIC STUDY IN A REMOTE COMMUNITY. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 5 (4). pp. 4-12. doi:10.1080/1363275000050402

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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.

Item Type:	Article
Article Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Children's playground behaviour; Pro-social behaviour; Anti-social behaviour; Broadcast television; Remote community; Saint Helena Island
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology L Education > LB Theory and practice of education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1501 Primary Education
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Business, Computing and Social Sciences
Research Priority Areas:	Place, Environment and Community
Depositing User:	Charlie Parker
Date Deposited:	14 Feb 2024 14:51
Last Modified:	14 Feb 2024 15:15
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/13698

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