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dc.contributor.authorGarvis, Susanne
dc.contributor.authorPendergast, Donna
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:11:20Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:11:20Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2013-07-17T21:59:36Z
dc.identifier.issn1836-9391
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/44466
dc.description.abstractIn 2009, the Australia n Government introduced the Get Up and Grow (Commonwealth Government, 2009) guidelines for healthy eating and exercise in early childhood as one element of a range of initiatives aiming to curb childhood obesity, a problem affecting an increasing proportion of Australia children. Included in the policy recommendations are banning children from watching television until they turn two; and limiting viewing to one hour a day for those aged between two and five years. These recommendations represent a considerable shift in the reported average viewing practices for these age groups, providing an opportunity for community comment. In 2009, the article Childhood policy straight out of fantasyland' (Edgar, 2009) appeared on the Sydney Morning Herald website. The article was a critique of the Get Up and Grow recommendations. Most articles on the SMH website have an anonymous blog post attached where readers can post their comments. Data was collected from this blog, and responses where the identity of the respondent as a parent was either implicitly or explicitly stated were used and the text analysed. Six themes were generated from the data: television as an educator; television as a babysitter; television as a motivator for increasing physical exercise; policy as a challenge to parental rights; age appropriateness; and viewing standards. The responses provide insights into children's viewing habits and glimpses of the way television is used in the family household. Findings also reveal that parents accept that television programs labelled as 'educational' are a positive influence on learning for their child, and do not scrutinise the content beyond this assumption.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherEarly Childhood Australia
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttps://journals.sagepub.com/toc/aeca/36/4
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom22
dc.relation.ispartofpageto28
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralasian Journal of Early Childhood
dc.relation.ispartofvolume36
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducation systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCreative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSpecialist studies in education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3903
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode390101
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3904
dc.titleWarning-Television viewing may harm your child's health: Parent perceptions of early childhood viewing habits
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Education and Professional Studies
gro.rights.copyright© 2011 Early Childhood Australia. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2011
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gro.griffith.authorPendergast, Donna L.
gro.griffith.authorGarvis, Susie M.


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