Parental Mediation of Children TV Viewing in Indonesia : What Findings Indicate Between Mothers' and Children's Confession?

Abstract

Studies Continously showed children intensity of watching TV tend to be high. It raised concerns, especially due to many negative impacts of TV viewing on children's cognitions and behaviors. While one the most effective method to eliminate the negative effects of television on children is parental mediation. With mediation, parents can either restrict children to watch TV or interpret to children about things that are show on television. Interestingly, the research conducted in Indonesia to describe the practice of parental mediation of children television viewing into two different subject, mother and children, indicating different findings. This paperdescribes how the practice of parental mediation by comparing mothers' and child's confession. The implications of these findings would be significant to research methods involving measurement of the two samples.