Analysis of Educational Programs for Children in Kosovo Televisions (RTK, KTV, RTV21, KlAN)

Year 2019, Volume: 14 Issue: 3, 108 - 123, 08.07.2019

Arbnesha Mexhuanı

Abstract

     The study tackles function of land frequency television RTK, KTV, RTV21
and satellite television KLAN in school education (students ages 5-15) in Kosovo.
The aim of this study is to identify the extent to which televisions complement
the education of primary and middle level students through programs with
educatinal content and whether they are in harmony with the Law on Media and
State Curriculum. The focus of the study is identification of the number of educational
programs for children, content analysis, weekly broadcasting, diversity,
comprehensiveness, genre, target age of children and legal aspects. In order to
analyze the content of educational programs available for children, they were
monitored for 36 days in 24 hours broadcast. Two research inquiries precede
this study: 1) To what extent educational programs from (RTK, KTV, RTV21, KLAN)
fulfil school education 2) Are these educational programs in compliance to the
Law on Media and Educational State Curriculum? The results show that programs
for children in the TV are usually in a form of quizzes, entertainment and
presentation various school activities, which are in conformity to state
curriculum but the time dedicated to weekly broadcasting is very little, which
complements school education rather insufficiently. The Law on state television
which itself has some gaps, sets general principles that broadcasted programs
must follow, but does not impose specific obligations for educational programs
for children of different ages and it does not stipulate the quantity in weekly
broadcasting percentage regarding what should and what should not be
broadcasted.

Keywords

Content Analysis, School Education, Law On Media, Educational Programs, Televisions

ANALYSIS OF EDUCATIOAL PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN IN KOSOVO TELEVISIONS (RTK, KTV, RTV21, KLAN)

Abstract

The study tackles function of land frequency television RTK, KTV, RTV21 and satellite television KLAN in school education (students ages 5-15) in Kosovo. The aim of this study is to identify the extent to which televisions complement the education of primary and middle level students through programs with educatinal content and whether they are in harmony with the Law on Media and State Curriculum. The focus of the study is identification of the number of educational programs for children, content analysis, weekly broadcasting, diversity, comprehensiveness, genre, target age of children and legal aspects. In order to analyze the content of educational programs available for children, they were monitored for 36 days in 24 hours broadcast. Two research inquiries precede this study: 1) To what extent educational programs from (RTK, KTV, RTV21, KLAN) fulfil school education 2) Are these educational programs in compliance to the Law on Media and Educational State Curriculum? The results show that programs for children in the TV are usually in a form of quizzes, entertainment and presentation various school activities, which are in conformity to state curriculum but the time dedicated to weekly broadcasting is very little, which complements school education rather insufficiently. The Law on state television which itself has some gaps, sets general principles that broadcasted programs must follow, but does not impose specific obligations for educational programs for children of different ages and it does not stipulate the quantity in weekly broadcasting percentage regarding what should and what should not be broadcasted. 

Keywords

Content Analysis, School Education, Law On Media, Educational Programs, Televisions

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