Do TV Content Rating Systems Necessary for Protecting Adolescents? Adolescents’ Perceptions and Parents’ Attitudes Towards Smart Signs

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Abstract

In addition to TV content rating system applications, The Guide of American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends to parents monitoring their children while watching TV. The aim of this research is to analyze the attitudes of adolescents towards Smart Signs (Turkish TV content rating system) depending on their perceptions and their parents’ attitudes. According to that, a developed questionnaire was conducted to 384 students who are attending 6th, 7th and 8th grades (11-16 ages) of the public schools in the capital city of Turkey by using stratified sampling method. The results indicate that adolescents whose mothers with a better education level found the sign more unnecessary, whereas adolescents whose mothers with lower education level perceive them mostly cognizable, attention-grabbing, effective on program decision, useful and consistent with the program content. Moreover, there is no influential role of fathers’ education level on adolescents’ perception on Smart Signs.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Adolescent; Cognitive Processing; Development; Policy; Media Effects

Do TV Content Rating Systems Necessary for Protecting Adolescents? Adolescents’ Perceptions and Parents’ Attitudes Towards Smart Signs

Öz

Amerikan Pediatri Akademisi (AAP) Rehberi, TV içerik dereceleme sistemlerine ek olarak ebeveynlere, çocukları TV izlerken onları denetlemesini önermektedir. Bu araştırmanın amacı, Ankara’da yaşayan adölesanların Akıllı İşaretlere yönelik tutumlarını, ailelerinin tutumlarına ve kendi algılamalarına göre analiz etmektir. Buna göre, araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen anket, tabakalı örnekleme yöntemi baz alınarak, Ankara’daki devlet okullarında okuyan 384 öğrenciye uygulanmıştır. Sonuçlara göre, daha iyi eğitime sahip annesi olan çocuklar işaretleri gereksiz görürken; daha düşük seviyede eğitimi olan annelerin çocukları işaretleri çoğunlukla kolay anlaşılır, dikkat çekici, program seçiminde etkili, faydalı ve program içeriği ile ilişkili algılamaktadır. Ayrıca, babaların eğitim seviyesinin adölesanların Akıllı İşaretleri algılaması üzerinde hiç etkisi yoktur. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Adölesan,Bilişsel işleme,Gelişim,Yasa ve Politika

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