Volume : III, Issue : X, October - 2013

Impact of Television on School Going Children in Urban Area: A Sociological Study of Panipat City

Dr. Sunita, Brijesh Sharma

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The present study was carried out to know the impact of Television on school going children in urban area and Exploratory Research Design is used and 100 respondents were selected by Simple Random Sampling from four Government Senior Secondary schools (25 each) in Panipat city of Haryana. The for through Interview Schedule was used for getting relevant information. It is concluded that students are watching television at late night. Female students like serials channels i.e. Zee TV., Color channel, Star Plus, Sahara One, Life Ok etc. while male students like cartoon channels i.e. Pogo etc.. Most of the students used to do their homework before watching television, a few are not like watching games on television. Children who watch television for more hours are more likely to be overweight. We found that television violence is directly linked to aggressive behavior in children who watch cartoons program for long hours. TV advertisements influence the food habits of the children. Children tend to pay less attention to their studies because of over watching television.  

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Dr. Sunita, Brijesh Sharma / Impact of Television on School Going Children in Urban Area:A Sociological Study of Panipat City / Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.3, Issue.10 October 2013

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