scholarly journals THE NECESSITY FOR PARENTS TO WATCH ANIMATED CARTOONS WITH CHILDREN AGED SEVEN TO ELEVEN YEARS

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Dr. Mary Claire Akinyi Kidenda
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
Casual Observer ◽  
Cartoon Characters ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to establish the necessity for parents to watch televised animated cartoons with children aged seven to eleven years.Methodology: The study used a descriptive survey method to collect information through casual interviews and self-administered questionnaires.Results: The study found out that the amount of time children spend watching animated cartoons on television can make them retract from social interactions with visitors, parents or other siblings when the television is on. Animated cartoons have an impact on children in respect to acquired or "borrowed" language and dressing styles and attitudes towards role types. These relations may be imperceptible to the casual observer but data show that the best (Kim Possible, Ben 10 and American Dragon) cartoon characters are idols, image ideals and role models to children in Nairobi, yet both the two cartoon characters are not representative of children they interact with every day. This study found that it is prudent animated cartoons affect the perceptions and attitudes that are being reinforced in children and the implication of this on how they construct their worldview and self-worth.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: Parents should be concerned and watch animated cartoons with children because animated cartoons have become an institution through which society is using to bring up children and use to teach values. Media practitioners should air animated cartoons that have no violence or bad morals but are still popular with children. The government should set policies governing the content in animated cartoons aired by the media houses

GRATIFICATION DERIVED BY CHILDREN AGED SEVEN TO ELEVEN YEARS FROM WATCHING TELEVISED ANIMATED CARTOONS IN NAIROBI COUNTY, KENYA

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Mary Claire Akinyi Kidenda
Keyword(s):  
Computer Time ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Dress Code ◽  
Magic Power ◽  
Alternative Means ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to establish the gratification derived by children aged seven to eleven years from watching televised animated cartoons in Nairobi County, Kenya.Methodology: The study used descriptive survey method to collect information through casual interviews and self-administered questionnaires. The data was analyzed through straight tabulations and generated tables, graphs, and charts such as measures of central tendency such as means and modes and measures of dispersion such as the standard deviations.Findings: The study concluded that most children watch cartoons mainly for entertainment purposes. Boys admire Ben’s super-human imagination and would like to identify with him. Girls like Kim possible because she is a young girl like them, and they are able to identify with her character, as all the other super-heroes are men. Girls like magic, power and action in cartoons such as Kim Possible. She is young and strong and can protect herself and others. They find Kim interesting because of the action and fighting scenes. The girls also like her dress code, shoes and hairstyle.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: Parents should limit screen time, including animated cartoons, movies, video games and computer time to less than two hours a day and provide alternative means of relaxation and entertainment rather than the passive leisure of watching animated cartoons. The media practitioners should also think about the impact that watching some of these animated cartoons may have, especially on special audience like children. The government is recommended to develop a legal framework for classifying animated cartoons should be developed.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF ANIMATED CARTOONS ON CHILDREN AGED SEVEN TO ELEVEN YEARS IN NAIROBI, KENYA

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-32
Author(s):  
Mary Claire Akinyi Kidenda
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
African Culture ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Animated Cartoon ◽  
Parental Guidance ◽  
The Government ◽  
Cartoon Characters ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of animated cartoons on children aged seven to eleven years in Nairobi County, Kenya.Methodology: The study used descriptive survey method to collect information through casual interviews and self-administered questionnaires.Results: The study found that children watch animated cartoons because they are funny, enjoyable and are interesting i.e. because of entertainment.  The study also found out that animated cartoons and TV in general can lead to lack of communication between parents and children in the home. Children are also likely to develop the language and social skills exhibited by the animated cartoon characters. This study also revealed that children watch animated cartoons with minimal parental guidance. The study concluded that media has the power to profoundly shape perceptions of the social world and to manipulate actions in subtle but highly effective ways. Animated cartoons have an impact on the children in respect to viewer ship patterns, the views they hold about animated cartoons and how they rate them; acquired language, dressing and sexuality, violence and role types. Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study suggests that parents need to develop guidelines for children on how much animated cartoons they can watch. They should develop the proper perspective concerning their children and be good role models. Parents should take interest in combating hyper sexuality in animated cartoon and allow the children to stay young. Media Practitioners should embrace the development of home-grown animated cartoons, air on Kenyan stations animated cartoons that have local animated imagery designed to relate to the child’s world or context and provide entertainment programming in which life’s problems are not simply and quickly solved with either violent actions or hostile humor. They should air animated cartoons that have no violence or bad morals but are still popular with children. The Government also need to set policies governing the content in animated cartoons aired by the media houses and offer support and facilitate local research initiatives and production, especially on animated cartoons for the African children, with elements that promote our African culture. 

scholarly journals Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Plan for an Island Resort

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheilane S. Mendez ◽  
Jonathan O. Etcuban ◽  
Dunedene J. Dalagan ◽  
Hearty Sol R. Mañego ◽  
Grayfield T. Bajao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Emergency Rescue ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
The Village ◽  
Survey Questionnaires

Disasters are inevitable.  The island resorts in Malapascua Island, Daan Bantayan, Cebu, Philippines are vulnerable to natural risks such as typhoons and earthquake. In increasing disaster resilience, a model should be based on risk assessment results and be integrated with the strategic planning of the government and communities. It should consider risks and risk treatments across the social, built, economic and natural environments (Councils for Australian Governments, 2009). The study aimed to propose a disaster resiliency model for Malapascua Island, Daan Bantayan, Cebu, Philippines. The output of this study is a guide for the local community in case of natural disasters.  The descriptive survey method was utilized using a two survey questionnaires. The data regarding disaster preparedness in hotel resorts are gathered from the 80 respondents consists of the staff and managers of resorts in Malapascua Island, emergency rescue personnel, as well as the village officials of village Logon and municipal officials of Daan Bantayan, Cebu, Philippines.  Simple percentage and rank were used in the treatment of the data.  Results showed that island is vulnerable to risk and that devised plans for emergency disasters, hazard mitigation, and contingency are needed. The researchers recommended the use of the model. However, further research on its effectiveness should be conducted to confirm the preliminary findings.

scholarly journals Digital Literacy in the Perspective of the Philosophy of Science Through the Media Literature

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Alan Ad'ha Firdaus ◽  
Moses Glorino Rumambo Pandin
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Scientific Article ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Digital Media Literacy

The scientific article contains a survey on digital media literacy of Universitas Airlangga students which was conducted with the aim of knowing the understanding of students from all universities in Indonesia regarding digital media, and to find out how high the individual level of competence of students in Indonesia is in digital media literacy, as well as to find out the factors what influences the level of competent individuals regarding digital media literacy. This research was conducted using a descriptive survey method and using descriptive statistical data analysis techniques to analyze the research data. The results of the study revealed that: 1). The understanding of students in Indonesia regarding digital literacy is in the medium category, 2). The competent individual level of Indonesian students in digital media literacy is at the basic level, 3). The factors that influence the level of competent individuals related to digital media literacy are mainly family environmental factors.

scholarly journals Gender Differences in Students’ Perceptions of Information Technology as a Career

10.28945/3035 ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theda Thomas ◽  
Alesha Allen
Keyword(s):  
Role Models ◽  
Real Life ◽  
First Year ◽  
Technical Issue ◽  
It Industry ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
The Media ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Cartoon Characters ◽  
Job Prospects

This paper reports on an investigation into first year students’ perceptions of IT as a career. There are many stereotypes of the typical IT professional. These stereotypes are often depicted in the media and affect students’ perceptions of the career and whether they should study IT or not. An exploratory study into male and female first year students’ perceptions of the IT professional is presented. The participants included students studying the Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Information Systems degrees at ACU National in Melbourne, Australia. The study investigated the differences and similarities between the perceptions of males and females as well as where they came by those perceptions. The study found that the majority of students had chosen to drop IT as a subject at school by Year 10 of their schooling. Males and females differ in their reasons for giving up IT, with females listing computer illiteracy and dislike of being called a nerd as their main reasons and males listing boredom, teachers not being encouraging and little creativity as their main reasons for stopping. The students were then asked questions relating to the IT industry. A t-test showed that females were significantly more negative about the industry in their answers to three of the questions, namely “Is it ‘uncool’ to be interested in computers?” “Does the IT industry offer good job prospects?” and “Are people working in the IT industry ‘nerds/computer geeks’?” The survey then went on to look at the technical versus non-technical issue in perceptions of an IT career. The majority of the participants believed that an IT job consists mainly of technical work and working at a computer. This was true for all the students across both genders. The majority of students did not know any females in the IT industry and could not name any female role models from real life or from TV or film. Some of the role models that they did mention were cartoon characters.

scholarly journals The reliance of the Jordanian daily newspapers on the Jordan News Agency as the main source of news and its impact on content

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 4776-4790
Author(s):  
Dr. Majid numan Al-Khudari, Dr.muhamad lamel al_quraan , Dr. Ashraf Faleh Al-Zoubi,
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Daily Newspapers ◽  
News Agency ◽  
News Agencies ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
Global And Local

Since the emergence of news agencies in the world, these agencies have become part of the global and local media scene, and newspapers cannot dispense with the services provided by agencies, especially the major news agencies in the world, which are the French Sons Agency, the British Sons Agency, the two American news agencies, the Associated Press and the United Press, as these agencies have become It controls the flow of news across the world, and newspapers prefer to rely on them for news due to the low cost and easy access to news. In Jordan, like other countries of the world, the media relies heavily on news agencies to obtain news, as major news agencies are relied upon to obtain international and Arab news, while the Jordanian Sons Agency "Petra" is relied upon to obtain local news. The Jordanian News Agency dominates the Jordanian newspapers that publish the news issued by this agency, which is considered the official and only official agency in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. This agency focuses on publishing official news, especially news issued by the royal court, the presidency of the government and other official institutions, as there is almost a monopoly on these news. By the agency that provides its services to Jordanian newspapers, Jordanian news sites, and radio and television stations for free. This study is classified within descriptive research, and the researcher relied on the survey method. Three Jordanian daily newspapers were tracked, namely Al-Rai, Al-Dustur, and Al-Ghad. All news published in these three newspapers were scanned for a period of fifteen days. The study revealed that 38% of the news published in these newspapers Extracted from Jordan News Agency The study also found that the three daily newspapers under consideration depend heavily on the Jordan News Agency for news This makes the relationship between agencies and newspapers almost completely dependent.  

Socioeconomic Status of Tea Garden Workers in Theni District of Tamil Nadu

2021 ◽  
Vol 75 (1-3) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Bagdha Vatchala Perumal
Keyword(s):  
Adult Literacy ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Bank Account ◽  
Female Workers ◽  
Savings Bank ◽  
Tea Garden ◽  
The Government ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Adult Literacy Program

ABSTRACT The study’s major goal is to determine the demographic profile and socioeconomic position of tea garden workers. The researcher used a descriptive survey method as well as stratified random sampling. One hundred and twenty tea garden workers were included as a sample for the study. The research technique for data collecting is a structured questionnaire. According to the research, forty-one percent of female workers and twenty-one percent of male workers are illiterate. The study also discovered that thirty-two percent and fifty-three percent of tea garden families cook with kerosene and firewood, respectively. According to the report, twelve percent of respondents do not have a savings bank account with any bank. According to the report, the government of India’s Adult Literacy Program, continuing education, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, and Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana initiatives may benefit all tea garden employees.

scholarly journals STATUS OF KASTURABA GANDHI BALIKA VIDYALAYAS IN KALAHANDI DISTRICT

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (46) ◽  
pp. 11390-11399
Author(s):  
Satyabrata Das
Keyword(s):  
Survey Method ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Evaluation Procedures ◽  
Teaching Aids ◽  
The People ◽  
The Government ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Poor Teaching

Our country India possess great diversity as far as socioeconomic status of the people is concerned. People from various minority communities like Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe etc. are major contributor to rural population. These people are integral part of the society. Kasturaba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) are established under Government of India and Department of School and Mass Education, Government of Odisha in the year 2004. They are working actively to bring the change the socio-economic standard of people living in tribal belt of Odisha. So the present study is carried out to investigate the 1. Status of. Kasturaba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas in Kalahandi District with regard to Number of Schools, Availability of physical facilities, Availability of Teaching Aids, Evaluation procedures 2. Studied the problems faced by Heads of the Institutions, teachers , students in KGVB. Descriptive Survey Method is used in the present Study. Out of 13 Kasturaba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas of Kalahandi district, 5 Kasturaba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas were selected randomly. Interview schedules, Questionnaire Used as Tools. Data collected through both interview schedule and questionnaire were analysed using frequencies and percentage. The information obtained by the investigator revealed that majority of schools had Good Infrastructure, teaching staff, good curriculum transaction, but some had lacking of those facilities. The quality of teaching most of the school were disturbed by not having proper internet connection, poor teaching members etc. So the Government should give proper attention towards KGBV to enhance its quality education.

scholarly journals Factors Responsible for Cohabitation among Youth as Perceived by Students of the University of Ilorin, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-63
Author(s):  
Olushola A. Iyekolo
Keyword(s):  
Target Population ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
University Management ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Reading Study ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Cohabitation is an intimate sexual union between two unmarried partners who share the same living quarter for a sustained period of time. This study investigated factors responsible for cohabitation among youths as perceived by students of University of Ilorin. The research design that was adopted for the study is the descriptive survey method. The population for this study comprises all of the 44,566 undergraduates at the University of Ilorin, while the target population for the study comprises 24,935 students of the Faculties of Arts; a total of two hundred (200) students constitutes the sample of this study. The instrument used for collection of the relevant data for this study was a 20-item structured questionnaire entitled “Factors Responsible for Cohabitation among Youths”. The instrument was validated with a reliability coefficient of 0.85 after a test re-test using PPMC at 0.05 alpha level. The findings of this study revealed that: reducing the occurrence of loneliness, improving the academic performance of the cohabitants, it is morally acceptable, it encourages peer reading/study, and it goes against the spiritual principle of purity, among others, are the common factors responsible for cohabitation. Also, there is a significant difference in the factors responsible for cohabitation among youths as perceived by the students of the University of Ilorin on the basis of their faculty, gender, and level. There is no significant difference in the factors responsible for cohabitation among youths as perceived by the students of the University of Ilorin on the basis of their age bracket. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that there should be a regular campaign regarding the benefits and dangers associated with students’ cohabitation, the Government should support the university management in providing sufficient accommodations for students, students should switch to cohabitation when they don’t have any other option and they should not abuse it, and parents should make sure that they are monitoring the activities of their children to avoid the danger of cohabitation.

scholarly journals Peculiarities of Children’s Imitation of Media Рersons in Parasocial Relations

2020 ◽  
pp. 104-108
Author(s):  
Iuliia Chaplinskaya
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Reference Group ◽  
Modern World ◽  
School Students ◽  
Parasocial Relationships ◽  
Successful Model ◽  
The Media ◽  
Cartoon Characters

In the modern world popular media personalities are becoming the role models for teenagers. Adolescents build parasocial relationships with them and then try to imitate the stale behavior of those media personalities. We do not know for sure which media personalities modern children choose to follow. We also do not know exactly how imitation takes place in parasocial relationships. That is why we set ourselves the goal to investigate the implementation of the mechanism of imitation in parasocial relations of Ukrainian high school students. In November-December 2020, we surveyed 170 people from 11 regions of Ukraine according to the author’s questionnaire "Mechanisms of Parasociality" (Chaplinska-Naidenova). The study raised the question of the formation and functioning of parasocial relations. This article presents its results related to the manifestation of the mechanism of imitation at the level of frequency analysis. First of all, we found that the most popular types of media people among young people are musicians (31.8 %), bloggers (26.5 %), actors (11.8 %), cartoon characters (5.9 %) and heroes of the series (2.9 %). Secondly, we can state the fact that adolescents do choose the media persona as a role model (64.7 %). Third, imitation can be individual or collective (group). Lastly, the parasocial imitation is based on the child’s desire not only to self-identify, but also to take a status position in the reference group through demonstrations of behavior patterns of a successful model (media personalities). We see the limitations of our study in the fact that issues related to imitation are purely assertive and external in nature and do not reflect differences in the internal experiences or values of respondents under the influence of parasocial relations. We see further perspectives in the study of illusory mechanisms of parasociality.

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