The effects of three different television programs on young children's peer interactions and toy play |
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| Authors: | Deane M. Argenta |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany;2. Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany;1. Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire Navier, ENPC-IFSTTAR-CNRS, UMR 8205, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, 6-8 avenue Blaise Pascal, Cité Descartes, Champs-sur-Marne, 77455 Marne-la-Vallée Cedex 2, France;2. Université Paris-Est, Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment, 24 rue Joseph Fourier, 38400 Saint-Martin-d’Hères, France;3. The Pennsylvania State University, Graduate Program in Acoustics, 201 Applied Science Building, 16802 University Park, PA, USA;1. European FASD Alliance, Landskrona, Sweden;2. National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Washington, DC, USA;3. Az. ULSS 9, Treviso, Italy;4. University of Bologna, Italy;1. Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Department of Psychology, Massenbergstr. 9-13, 44787 Bochum, Germany;2. University of Sheffield, Department of Psychology, Sheffield S10 2TP, UK;3. University of Waikato, School of Psychology, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | The current study investigated the impact of different television programming on the social interactions and toy play of preschool children. Same-sex pairs of young children were observed during three types of television programs: cartoons, Sesame Street, and situation comedies. Children were also observed when the television screen was black. Children visually attended to the cartoons the most, Sesame Street less often, and the situation comedy the least. Cartoons dramatically depressed social interaction. Sesame Street elicited the most verbal imitation. Both Sesame Street and the situation comedy allowed the children to divide activity among their peers, the toys, and the television program. Girls verbally imitated program content more than boys. This pattern of findings remained after the children's visual attention to the television was statistically controlled. Several developmental trends were detected. The image of children “mesmerized” in front of the television set, foresaking social interactions and active involvement with their object environment, held true for only one type of programming, namely, cartoons. During the other programs, the children remained active and socially involved. |
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