Research for the CBBC

Introduction:


As well as academic research , it is essential to include some secondary research about children and how and when they use the internet.  The charts below give an insight into children and the internet. Also on this blog post you will find other links with information about them which, has helped throughout the module and enabled me to come to a conclusion to the question posed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7837848.stm

• According to this online article more than 1 in 3 children said they could not live without their computers.
• “The most watched channels were BBC1 and ITV1, followed by CBBC. Also popular in this age group were Dave, Disney, Nickelodeon and ITV2.”

Useful Links:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1352361/Children-spend-time-computers-TV-exercising-week.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/19/internet-generation-parents

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-508514/British-children-spend-average-hours-20-minutes-day-glued-TV.html

http://www.slideshare.net/spingwoodmedia/david-buckingham

http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/418/1/e-learning_article_vol_1(3).pdf 

 Children online:

 It was also helpful to be aware of child safety on the internet. Below are some links and research about this topic.

http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/8_10/fun/

The link above proved to be a great website that taught children about internet safety no matter how young they were. There are many websites that tell children how to avoid possible threats online and how to report them. Although this information was not used in the final presentation it was useful to understand the constraints the CBBC have.