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11/10/2005
What Teens See
on TV
Public Agenda Alert -- Nov. 10, 2005 * What Teens See on TV * What the nation's teenagers see on TV has been getting a lot of attention this week. A report from the Kaiser Family Foundation concluded that sexual content in television shows has doubled since 1998, and 70 percent of the top 20 shows watched by teens have such content. The Washington Post also analyzed the FCC's handling of broadcast indecency complaints and found that the agency is hampered by slow procedures and small fines. Public Agenda examined attitudes about television in our report "What Parents Are Saying About TV Today." We found parents say television is an inescapable presence, even as they worry about what their children learn from it. Seven in 10 say they've been personally shocked or offended by something on TV in the past year. Yet eight in 10 also say they've seen a program with a good message over the same period. Parents largely reject the "no TV" approach, but also believe they must exercise some control. Consequently, TV viewing tends to be an area of continual negotiation and compromise and many factors might be taken into account, such as the age of the child, whether the parent can watch, whether the homework is done and whether the day has already been full of parental questions and pestering. Download "What Parents Are Saying About TV Today": http://www.publicagenda.org/research/research_reports_details.cfm?list=14 Read the Washington Post story on the FCC: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/09/AR2005110902078.html Read the Kaiser Family Foundation report: http://www.kff.org/entmedia/entmedia110905pkg.cfm
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