The thesis aims to examine the fear responses of 8 to 13 years old children to content of TV-news. To reach this aim, study investigated / a) relationship between mothers&rsquo / and children&rsquo / s responses about children&rsquo / s TV-news induced fears, b) nature of TV-news induced fears among 8-13 years old girls and boys, c) most common fearful coverages of TV-news, d) threatful parts of TV-news, and e) behaviors of children shown as reactions to TV-news.
To examine the nature and severity of TV-news induced fears of children, Television Induced Fright Scale (TIFS-Valkenburg, Cantor & / Peeters, 2000) was adapted into Turkish. TIFS was administered to 186 (95-girls, 91-boys), 8 to 13 year olds and their mothers. In addition, &ldquo / mother survey&rdquo / examined the threatful parts of TV-news, and behavioral manifestations of children, and a demographic information form were administrated to mothers.
According to findings, differences were found between children&rsquo / s responses and mothers&rsquo / opinions. TV-news coverages about &ldquo / children who get hurt&rdquo / , &ldquo / children who are kidnapped&rdquo / , &ldquo / starving children in poor countries&rdquo / , and &ldquo / animals who get hurt&rdquo / were found as the most fearful for children. In all coverages of TV-news, girls got higher fear scores than boys.
According to results, the images, and sounds of human beings and animals were the most threatful parts of TV-news for children. As reaction to fearful TV-news, girls mostly experienced difficulty sleeping, whereas boys behaved irritably. Both girls and boys also experienced obsessive thoughts about events in TV-news. The results of the present theses are expected to shed light on understanding the relationship between fears of children and TV-news.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614010/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 December 2011 |
| Creators | Kandemir, Nasibe |
| Contributors | Erdur-baker, Ozgur |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for METU campus |
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