Children & Television

Television is often cited as a cause of violent crime or behaviour. Usually, this connection is made in the context of the behaviour of young people - as another way of blaming them for the broader ills of society. It is rare, however, for even a single reference to television to be included in the index of reports on juvenile crime.

1. Forces that shape children and television law: market versus regulation; 2. Legal discourse and the regulation of the relationship between children and television; 3. Regulating the relationship between children and television; 4. Images that harm? Children and violence in television; 5. The sexualised world of television and children; 6. Ads, fads and green tomato sauce: advertising to the child; 7. The 'new' legal discourse: children's rights and television in the interactive age