When looking for reasearch which is related towards my starting project which is a childrens television opening scene, i came across a news paper article from the guardian which is outlining that children in this century compared to any other watch to much television:
'The Outrage that has greeted reports that the Australian government is to issue cautious guidelines advising parents and carers to prevent children under two from watching television seems remarkably acerbic. Across the world, however, the same debates flare up every time it is tentatively suggested that the electronic screens we began by placing in one room at home and now carry everywhere in our pockets may not be good for the development of children's brains.'
This is a short part of the passage from this article, this article is saying that the Australian goverment thinks parents and carers to young children should prevent them from watching television if they are under two, as children who do watch television 'display more aggressive behaviour and have poor attention spans.'
'A draft of the Australian government's guidelines says that screen time for young children "may reduce the amount of time they have for active play, social contact with others and chances for language development", and may also "affect the development of a full range of eye movement [and] . . . reduce the length of time they can stay focused". Jo Salmon, associate professor of epidemiology at Deakin University, was one of the researchers who informed the Australian government's draft guidelines. "Children aged six to 30 months who are watching television have less developed vocabulary, display more aggressive behaviour and have poor attention spans," she says. "Parents and childcare centres are not justified in encouraging children, under the age of two, to watch television." While there is no evidence that so-called educational programming is harmful, she would discourage under twos from watching it. "I really would not put my young one under two in front of a television. Generally, the evidence that's out there says it could be detrimental," she says.'
This article is very relivent towards my project as i am making a childrens open scene of a drama. I have to take into note about what the Australian goverment has said, as if this project was actually going to be broadcasted i would like it to be productive - and this would mean having to take into account about what the goverment have said.
link : Get up and grow report.
