Sunday, October 3, 2010

Media Experiment

For a media research project, I would advice a project aimed at children between the ages 7 to 14 and their change in behavior (if any) to different shows between the hours 4 to 9.  For example, do kids who watch shows with educational components more likely to get there homework done than students who watch shows with little to no intelligent value? I would use the Social Learning Theory to see if the behaviors in the shows where the content is filled with positive outlook toward learning could be modeled by the children who view it. My hypothesis could be tested by surveys on what kids watch. Than to review the completion of homework they do. I predict that children that watch shows without educational value are more influenced by educational distractions and thus would have lower levels of completion than that of the children who watch cartoons and media filled with learning materials. This could be a more cultural study than a solid study but links and connections would be clear.

1 comment:

  1. I wonder what other factors come into play - living situation, socio-economic factors, etc.

    ReplyDelete