The effects of TV programs on young children’s executive functioning
Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning
vahid biktashi
1
,
Faezeh Taghipour
2
*
,
mehrdad sadeghi,
3
1 - Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Management, Islamic Governance, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Business Management, Faculty of Humanities and Law, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Faculty of Islamic Governance, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
Keywords: educational content, TV programs, Executive Function, child,
Abstract :
The purpose of this research was to identify the effective factors on children's executive functions when faced with educational and non-educational television programs. This research is a qualitative method and has been carried out using a meta-synthesis qualitative design. In meta - synthesis; Five databases, including PsychInfo, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, Scopus, Science Direct and Web of Science, were examined based on the six-step method of Sandlowski and Barroso, and 51 related research sources were used as the basis for analysis. The results showed that the factors affecting Children's Executive Function can be classified into three main themes of technology, content and context. Given the limited cognitive resources children have available at a given time to process media, Further research is needed to reveal exactly what television content is implicated, what underlies television's effect on executive function, how long the effect lasts, and who is affected. Cognitive research of this type by ensuring the alignment of the information flow with the way the brain processes information can help designers to optimize the sequential processing of the information hidden in the child's programs in order to advance their design goals.
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