Volume : III, Issue : IX, September - 2014

A Study on Parental Perception Towards Children Viewing Cartoon

A. Soumya, Dr. J. O. Jeryda Gnanajane Eljo, R. Anitha

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This study focuses on the various aspects on the perception of the parents towards children viewing cartoon and it was conducted in two reputed schools in Diugarh District of Assam. It tried to explore the influence of cartoon among the children as perceived by their parents and it also tries to reveal the various problems faced by the children in their growing state. The study is descriptive in nature. The universe of the study consists of 140 parents whose children are studying I to III standard in two schools in Assam.Census method was adopted and data was collected from all 140 parents. Self prepared questionnaire was adopted for the study. The finding of this study revealed that majority of the respondent’s children (72.1%) watch Television every day, 65.7% of the respondent’s children are viewing cartoon program and 74.3% of the parents feel that their children’s studies get affected by watching Television. There is significant association between the mother’s occupation and time spent by the respondent’s children in watching cartoon.There is a significant association between respondent’s child’s habit of imitating cartoon characters and the learning problems faced by the child.

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A. SOUMYA, Dr. J.O.JERYDA GNANAJANE ELJO, R.ANITHA A Study on Parental Perception Towards Children Viewing Cartoon International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 3, Issue : 9 September 2014

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