Trevor Stone

ENC2135
Professor Doran
TTh 12:30-1:45

Braithwaite I., Stewart AW., Hancox RJ., Beasley R., Murphy R., EA. Mitchell "The Worldwide
Association between Television Viewing and Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Cross
Sectional Study." PLOS ONE, vol. 8, no. 9, 2013., pp.
This is a study on how BMI correlates with amount of time watching television in children
and adolescents. The study found that there is a positive relationship between time spent
watching television and the child/ adolescents BMI.
I think I would use this source a few times in my data but not often or frequently. It has
some data on percentages of children and how much time they spend watching tv from a
very wide and diverse sample but it mostly hones in on the obesity aspect of my paper. I
would say this is a credible source as well because it is a well-funded study that was
conducted by several doctors and professors, as well as it being peer reviewed.

Brocato ED, Gentile DA, Laezniak RN, Maier JA, M Ji-Song "TELEVISION COMMERCIAL
VIOLENCE Potential Effects on Children." JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING, vol. 39, no. 4,
2010., pp. 95-107
This study looked into how different kinds of advertisement can effect childrens general
outward aggression. It worked with different focus groups, with children ranging from 8
years old to 12 years old. It was found that when children were exposed to more violent
television commercials, subjects were more apt to have more aggressive behavior.
I want violence to be one of the main focuses of my negatives effects of watching television
in children, so I think this particular study will help me greatly and I will be able to quote
certain texts from it to support my belief in that some television can leave a sizeable effect
on a child who is impressionable. I believe this source to be adequate for receiving
information as it is semi-recent (taking place in 2010) and also being peer reviewed means it
went through a lot to be verified.

Evans, Cortney A., Amy B. Jordan, and Jennifer Horner. "Only Two Hours?: A Qualitative Study
of the Challenges Parents Perceive in Restricting Child Television Time." Journal of Family
Issues, vol. 32, no. 9, 2011., pp. 1223-1244
This study conducted interviews with children and parents about restricting television time
to two hours. It shows a beneficial side of television that is not always shown in that parents
use television for a number of things. It also sets up alternatives for the new restrictive rule
of only 2 hours.

I think I will use this source multiple times in my paper to refute the idea that television is a
completely evil thing and there is nothing good about it because this study does well to
disprove that. And also in my last section where I set up a good routine for children
watching television. This seems like a credible source as well, it comes from a well-known
publisher and is an article in the Journal of Family Issues.

Isaacs, David. Television and Children, vol. 47, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

This editorial talks about both of our point, obesity and violence. It actually adds a
counterargument to both saying that while these studies may show that obesity and violence
are related to television watched it could be possible that these are after the fact effected. For
example that obese children already dont exercise so they watch television.
I think I will be using this source in a few aspects in my paper in order to have a
counterargument to a few of my points. However, this is still just an editorial, so it is not as
dependable as a peer reviewed article or scholarly articles.

Jordan, Amy B., and Thomas N. Robinson. "Children, Television Viewing, and Weight Status:
Summary and Recommendations from an Expert Panel Meeting." The Annals of the
American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 615, no. 1, 2008., pp. 119-132

This article goes back to different studies of the relationships between weight gain and
television watched and looks for a causal relationship for the weight gain being caused by
television watching.
I would use this article in my obesity section for further support that television can be a
leading cause for weight gain rather than it just being a nondependent relationship. This is
also from the SAGE publisher which we have seen in some of our other sources and I find
this to be a credible source seeing as it was peer reviewed and has plentiful references.
Kettl, Paul. "Exploring the Mental Life and Home Life of Children: The Role of a Television
History." Child and adolescent mental health, vol. 16, no. 1, 02., pp. 60; 60-62; 62.
This article offers an insight into the role of television and its history with children. It talks
about the evolution of the role of television in a family household as well as how children
start to make television more and more involved in their daily life as it becomes more and
more integral in said lives.
I will be using this particular article to introduce my paper and how the television got its
start in the younger people and its role with families. I would said that this is a credible
source because it is peer reviewed and comes from a credible journal.

Lundgren Lars "The Forerunners of a New Era: Television History and Ruins of the
Future." Media History, vol. 21, no. 2, 2015., pp. 178-191

This article teaches us about the history of the televisions and its impact on humanity as a
whole rather than focusing on just children. It dates back to the beginning of television and
then also gives a look to the prediction of the future if the trends continue.
I would use this in my beginning sections to introduce the history of television and also
clarify any terms that I need use for the rest of the paper. I would also use this at my
conclusion as I wrap up and look forward to the future of television with children and
humans as a whole. This source is credible due to the fact that it is peer reviewed and I
would trust this over other sources because I found it indepth.

Moriguchi, Yusuke and Kazuo Hiraki. "Neural Basis of Learning from Television in Young
Children." Trends in Neuroscience and Education, vol. 3, no. 34, 2014., pp. 122-127
This study helps us know more about the beneficial uses of television such as learning for
younger children and how children take these visuals, then mimic them in their own lives.
The study also talks about different areas of the brain that is effected as the children take in
different aspects of learning from the television.
I would include this source only once or twice in my section talking about the benefits of
children watching television. I could also perhaps use this in my talk about violence in how
children often mimic things they see on television. This is also a scholarly article and a
study conducted that was reviewed by the peers of the authors so it is safe to assume that
this is a credible source.

Piotrowski, Jessica T. "Identifying Family Television Practices to Reduce Children's Television

Time." Journal of Family Communication, vol. 15, no. 2, 2015., pp. 159-174
This article talks about different practices parents can implement into the household in order
to put reasonable restrictions on television while using it for its beneficial means to help out
in the household.
I think I will use this article a few times during my section on how to properly use television
with children as well as when talking about the beneficial aspects of television. This is a
credible source in my opinion because it comes from a credible journal and references
several credible sources.

Sanders, Matthew R. "The Mass Media and the Prevention of Child Behavior Problems: The
Evaluation of a Television Series to Promote Positive Outcomes for Parents and their
Children." Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, vol. 41, no. 7, 10., pp. 939; 939-948;
948
This study looks at the effects of watching Families, a 12 episode television show, on
children and a control group. The results were then reported by the parents. It showed that
compared to the control group, the children who watched the show showed less disruptive
childlike behavior.

I plan on using this study when talking about the benefits of television on children, because
it shows that it can also give children a kind of calming past time. This is a credible source
being a funded study and also has plenty of credible references as well as being peer
reviewed.