TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Recent trends in young children's television-induced fears in Finland
JO  - Journal of children and media
A1  - Korhonen, Pekka
A1  - Lahikainen, Anja Riitta
SP  - 147
EP  - 147
VL  - 2
IS  - 2
N2  - The aim of this study is to analyse the changing role of the media in children's everyday lives with reference to children's fears and well-being. The method was semistructured interviews with children aged 5 to 6 in Finland in 1993 (101 children) and 2003 (109 children). Nearly 80 per cent of children reported TV-induced fears both in 1993 and in 2003. There was a significant increase over the 10 years in fears caused by children's programmes and fantasy characters and a significant decrease in fears caused by adults' programmes. TV-induced fears correlated positively with fears of nightmares at both times; with fears of imaginary creatures and war, guns and violence in 2003; and with major accidents and death in 1993.    Keywords: children; fear; Finland; imaginary creatures; TV-induced fears; TV programmes; violence<p />
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SN  - 1748-2798
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482790802078664
ID  - ref1
ER  -