Faculty Mentor
Dr. Kim Flotemesh, PHD
Abstract
Children in the United States today are consuming television at a vastly higher rate than we have seen before (Sigman, 2012). Due to this hands off approach, there has been an increase in parents' cognition of what television their children are consuming which includes both entertainment television or educational television. The researchers highlighted the importance of teaching proper interpersonal conflict resolution to children through the television they are consuming as they learn through all observations. We highlighted the types of conflicts that are depicted in the children's show Bluey which is an educational children's television series produced in Australia. Researchers also determined different types of conflict management that was used throughout the show's season. By conducting research on the most recent full season of Bluey, we were able to pinpoint the time spent on said conflicts with the attributing factors such as third party interventions. The literature has supported the hypothesis that the demonstration of proper conflict resolution through the television children watch is pivotal to their intellectual growth and development.
Recommended Citation
griffith, molly and Alemu, Yared
(2024)
"An Analysis: Interpersonal Conflict Resolution in Children's Television,"
Concordia Journal of Communication Research: Vol. 9, Article 2.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.csp.edu/comjournal/vol9/iss1/2
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