doi.org/10.1017/S031289700000148X
Article type: Original Research
1 January 1979
Volume 4 Issue 2
doi.org/10.1017/S031289700000148X
Article type: Original Research
1 January 1979
Volume 4 Issue 2
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The Impact of Media on Children in Australia Today
Kelvin B. Canavan
Kelvin B. Canavan
CITATION: Canavan K.B. (1979). The Impact of Media on Children in Australia Today. Children Australia, 4(2), 227. doi.org/10.1017/S031289700000148X
Abstract
Children in Australia are spending more time with the mass media than with any other single activity, sleeping excepted. The average child spends three hours a day sitting in front of television and another couple of hours with films, radio and the press.
The considerable influence of television has been well documented. A summary statement in
“Clearly television has emerged as the dominant experience in the life of the average Australian child …”(4.33)