1. By Debbie Marques

2. What I have learnt from draft 2
 Abortion topic was to cliché
 Topic about media would be more interesting
 There are many other abortion topics and would be
hard to be original about it
 Not many people are aware of the risks their children
take by the use of media

3. Exploring topics

4. Facts about children watching tv
Source: media
for children and
daily mail

5. Advantages and disadvantages
Advantages : Disadvantages:
• Children may learn new • Children may become
things antisocial
• Entertainment for them • Mix fantasy with reality
• Learn a language • Have a different image of
• Have family time together the world
• Keep the child company • Bad for their eye sight
• Affect their attention in
school
Source:
media for
children

6. Statistics of children and media
• 1970- on average a 4 year old child would • If a child less than 3 years old
start to watch TV. watch 2hours of TV per day,
• 2012- on average 4 month baby start to 20% of chance they will have
watch TV. attention problems in future
• Typical child before the age of 5 watches • The more cognitive
around 4 ½ hours of TV per day. education a child get of the
• The number of screen changes used in a age of 3 the risks of having
cartoon is what makes the child engaged attention problems decreases
and therefore in future will find that real
life situations are boring because it is too
slow.
• Link between :
Source:
YouTube
video

7. Risks of children and media
‘’Television can be a powerful
entertainment and education tool for
children given the right
programming. However, studies have
shown that television, and media in
general, can also have a very negative
influence. Some studies indicate it
can:’’
• Shorten attention span
• Distort body image
• Work in conjunction
• Escalate obesity
• Create fear
• Increase aggressiveness
• Increase anti social behaviours
Source from :
squidoo website

8. What is internet addiction ?
Internet addiction involves child’s strong need to be online and the need gets in the way of
activities like spending time with friends and family, sleeping and doing schoolwork.
This includes :
 Cybersex Addiction – compulsive use of Internet pornography, adult chat rooms, negative
real-life intimate relationships.
 Cyber-Relationship Addiction – addiction to social networking, chat rooms, and messaging
to the point where virtual, online friends become more important than real-life relationships
with family and friends.
 Net Compulsions – such as compulsive online gaming, gambling, stock trading, or compulsive
use of online auction sites such as eBay, often resulting in financial and job-related problems.
 Information Overload – compulsive web surfing or database searching, leading to lower work
productivity and less social interaction with family and friends.
 Computer Addiction – obsessive playing of off-line computer games, such as Solitaire or
Minesweeper, or obsessive computer programming.
Source : Aap news

9. What may cause internet addiction ?
 You suffer from anxiety. You may use the Internet to distract yourself from your worries and fears.
 You are depressed. The Internet can be an escape from feelings of depression, but too much time online
can make things worse.
 You have any other addictions. May suffer from other addictions, such as drugs, alcohol and gambling.
 Use it as social support. Internet addicts often use social networking sites, instant messaging, or online
gaming as a safe way of establishing new relationships and more confidently relating to others.
 You are less mobile or socially active than you once were. For example, you may be parenting very
young children, which can make it hard to leave the house or connect with old friends.
 You are stressed. While some people use the Internet to relieve stress, it can have the opposite effect. The
longer you spend online, the higher your stress levels will be.
Source : Aap news

10. Symptoms of internet addiction
• pain and numbness in hands
 Losing track of time online. and wrists
 Having trouble completing tasks at work or home. • Dry eyes or strained vision
 Isolation from family and friends. • Back aches and neck aches;
severe headaches
 Feeling guilty or defensive about your Internet
use. • Sleep disturbances
 Feeling a sense of euphoria while involved in • Pronounced weight gain or
Internet activities. weight loss

11. Tips for parents
• Talk to your child
• Make them aware of the dangers media can cause
• Spend more time with them
• Limit the amount of time children spend online.
• Make sure they are still spending enough time with family and friends
• Go out with your child, do not leave them at home the whole day.
• Help them not feel bored, it is usually boredom that gets them to use the internet or watch TV.
• Do not put a computer/ TV in your child’s room
• Find out what your child likes to do online

12. Developing topic
What would people learn about it?
 the influence media has on children
 Advantages and disadvantages of TV in children’s life
 Statistics about the dependence on TV children have today
 What makes TV attractive to children
 Does TV help children learn new things ?
What style of documentary ?
 Informative
What would each episode be about?
Episode 1. what is internet addiction ?advantages and disadvantages of it , how it
started/ changed
Episode 2. what can causes internet addiction, symptoms and how to help it or
stop it from happening
Episode 3. overall conclusions, is it worth it ?

13. Target audience
 Male and female
 Aged : 25-45 – average age that have young children.
 Interest- society, children, influence media has on young people
 Social class: m/c – usually m/c people have more time and are more
interested about the education media may give their children.
 Mass audience
 American/ British
 Channel 4 - real life issues
 Time shown : 12:00-03:00pm
Secondary audience
• Male and female
• 16-20
• Brother or sisters of children
who may have this addiction

14. Inspiration
Aim :
• Make it clear to
Use of interviews audience
 One born every minute • Informative
• Clear aim
 Supersize vs super skinny • Be aware of the
different points of
 Lifers view
These particular interviews made the
documentary very informative and clear of
what the aim was. Therefore I would like to use
this particular technique in my work.
All from channel 4

15. Inspiration Aim :
• Audience understand the topic
Use of supportive images • Make each point clear
• Backup each point given with
 Undatables pictures
• Inform the audience
 Supersize vs superskinny • Get the audience engaged with the
images
 One born every minute
Supportive images were very important in the
documentaries I watched because it showed the
audience what the topic was really about and
also the information was sent out in a clearer
way.

16. Channel & time
Channel 4
 Sociological
 Real life issues
 Conventional
 Contemporary topic in UK
Time : 12:00pm
 Target audience  time that parents are
home, waiting for time to pick up children from
school.

17. Conventions
 Use Interviews
 Informative to audience of who is the person speaking
 Parents
 Sociologist
 Psychologist
 Aim : Listen to different point of views

18. Conventions
Use  Titles
 Informs audience : name and vocation
 Gives a little more information about the character
being interviewed
 Audience take information into consideration
 Used to help audience not get confused

19. Conventions
Use  Supporting images
 Use it as evidence
 Get our point across
 Show footage of celebrities speaking about the topic
(Obama & Madonna)
 To get a clear aim of documentary

20. Conventions
Use  Presenter/ voiceover
 Guide the audience
 Inform what is happening
 Make documentary more clear
 Have introduction to what is coming next
 Explain each point given

21. Conventions
Use  Statistics
 Informative
 Number of children dependent on Tv
 Showing what children do during their free time
 What channel is the most popular

22. Conventions
Use  natural lighting
 Making it more conventional
 Realistic
 Believable to the audience
 Audience take the topic more seriously

23. Conventions
Use  establishing shot
 Informs audience where it is taking place
 Gives audience a hint of what it is expected
 Sends image of what it is like to be there
 Introduction to the topic

24. Establishing shots
 Establishing shots will be used several times in the
documentary
 At the beginning there will an establishing shot of a
nursery
 An establishing shot of BBC will also be included to
symbolise the topic (media)
 There will also be establishing shots of the street where we
will be interviewing the public

25. Public/ expert interviews
 Will be used in all episodes of the documentary
 Parents , teenagers
, teachers, sociologists, psychologists, children
 important to show society’s point of view

26. Presenter/ voiceover
 Presenter will be used to guide the audience
 Voiceovers will also be used several times to give out
information
 Information will be sent out in a clearer way and easier
to understand
 Presenter must show knowledge and be enthusiastic
about the topic

27. Statistics
 Will be used through the documentary
 Prove out points
 Shows we know what we are talking about
 Secondary data is always a good way of informing

28. structure
2 min introduction 1 min introduction 2 min Last 10-20 seconds
(series) (episode) (to focus on first subtopic of (preview to next
episode) episode)
Give and overview of Children What are the What
what is internet internet symptoms of causes
addiction and how it is addiction internet addiction internet
becoming popular in addiction
children in the uk

29. Storyboard
Establishing shot of a Presenter walking by a school
Establishing shot nursery with voiceover and talking about the aim of the
of the bbc introducing the topic documentary
Interview of the Statistics of children who Show images of children
public, showing images of are dependent internet on internet and show
children on the computer
what they do

30. Presenter talks about the Statistics showing that
parents’ opinion about Interview with internet is the most popular
parents technology that a child uses
the topic
today.
Show parents supporting Presenter interviewing
their child using
Interview of a children to hear their
technologies sociologist / point of view
psychologist

31. Script
Opening of documentary
Media is a sociological agency that is becoming more
popular day by day. Not only it is crucial in and adult's
life but also on a child's daily lifestyle. however what
really is internet addiction? as a parent should we worry
about our child becoming internet addicts ? How can we
stop the internet from becoming a drug in a child's early
ages ?