Abstract
Problem: Today, more than 30 per cent of the children are heavy viewers of TV. They spend more time than 3 hours on watching TV in a day, and are confused because their learning and reading time is displaced by viewing TV programs. So, it is very important for parents and teachers to guide their children by teaching how to use TV. I. Construction of the attitude scale 1. Purpose: To construct an attitude scale on viewing TV by Thurstone method (equal appearing-interval method) 2. Process of constructing and result: (omission) II. Measurement of the scale value and the amount of viewing TV 1, Purpose: To measure the scale value of the children and the correlation coefficient between this scale value and the amount of viewing hours. 2. Procedure: 1) Subject: 3-6th grade children of Nioh elementary school in Morioka 2) Date: September 5, '75 3. Result: grades 3 4 5 6 subjects 75 76 84 69 scale values 2.1726 2.2031 1.9814 1.7902 hours 2.62 2.50 2.41 1.88 r's 0.88 0.85 0.88 0.82 4. Conclusion: 1) 3-4 grade children watched TV longer than 5-6 grade children. 2) 3-4 grade children scored higher value on the attitude scale than 5-6 grade children. 3) Correlation coefficients between the scale value and the amount of viewing hours for every grade scored high level, 0.82-0.88. III. Change of the attitude for viewing TV through a film 1. Purpose: To change the attitude for viewing TV through the film "Breakdown of television". 2. Working Hypotheses: 1) The film "Breakdown of television" will bring about the attitude change for viewing TV of children. 2) This change will persist from 2 weeks to 2 months. 3) This change will be reinforced through guidance by teachers. 3. Procedure: 1) Subject: 226 children of 4th gisade in Johhoku elementary school 2) Sequence: November 14, '75 Pre-test November 20, '75 Film or film+guidance November 21, '75 Post-test December 5, '75 After-2weeks test January 23, '76 After-2-months test 4. Results: [table] 5. Conclusion: 1) Film could change the attitude of children for viewing TV in the film group and the film+ guidance group, the change persisting from 2 weeks to 2 months later on. 2) The guidance by teachers reinforced the attitude change through the film.
