PBS COVERS MEDIA AND CHILDREN

by Kevin Huels
“PBS: Children and Media,” is a group of articles placed as one solid form on the PBS website. Taking a look into the article I began to see the quantity of information thus proving that the article is a quantitative research study. The writings topics focuses on; TV and Kids under 3, How prevalent is TV in the lives of young children, How much research has been done, Does TV viewing replace other activities, Does it matter if this happens. Given that this article’s central array of information is secondary research, I would conclude that a scholarly journey might be a good home for it. With few modification on organization, and a literature review/methodology section it would make an excellent analysis in a journal.

The secondary research was what the article seems to use because of the sources that PBS gave for it’s statistics and information. The source of primary research, which would be a new “concept,” or new “study,” is simply within the collection of all of the data. For example, this article has collected multitudes of research from secondary sources and it groups them in a way so that if you ask a new primary research question such as “Does TV viewing replace other activities?” one could answer in a new way that perhaps has never been answered before.

“PBS: Children and Media,” establishes the credibility by the amount of data, and the sources in which have the reputation and scientific credibility that is unquestionable like the Kaiser Family Foundation. For this reason alone, the research stands as a solid debate on whether or not this information can persuade parents of toddlers.

PBS chose this article because it is in fact one of the most influential developing agents in child development, and the media of television is newsworthy to parents. Parents have a responsibility on being media literate as well as anyone else. PBS’s focus is on education, and for Media Literacy education, the subject of Kids and TV benefits greatly upon how the influence is affecting early education in America.