Advertising to children considered harmful ... Sweden, since 1991 has banned all advertising during children’s prime time due to findings that children under 10 are incapable of telling the difference between a commercial and a program, and cannot understand the purpose of a commercial until the age of 12.
According to the [Committee on Communications of the American Academy of Pediatrics], children under the age of two should not watch television at all because at that age, brain development depends heavily on real human interactions. — Ben H. Bagdikian, The Media Monopoly, Sixth Edition, (Beacon Press, 2000), p. xxxvi
The Taliban were said to be uncivilised because they banned televisyen ... i think they have done their research and studies or they also referred to the western findings.
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... children under 10 are incapable of telling the difference between a commercial and a program, and cannot understand the purpose of a commercial until the age of 12.
ReplyDelete... children under the age of two should not watch television at all because at that age, brain development depends heavily on real human interactions. — Ben H. Bagdikian, The Media Monopoly, Sixth Edition, (Beacon Press, 2000), p. xxxvi
ReplyDeleteCHILDREN AND ADVERTISING, http://www.ppu.org.uk/chidren/advertising_toys_eu.html
ReplyDeleteSome nations can influence and control their media greatly, http://www.globalissues.org/article/159/media-conglomerates-mergers-concentration-of-ownership
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