Children's Satellite Channels and Role in the Social Development from Parent's Perspective Social Field Study in the City of Mosul
Abstract
Children's satellite channels have become the most effective media on parents and children alike in terms of the entertaining and educational programs and cartoons there channels broad cast. These channels with their effective force home become a fierce competitor against the parents in the directed social children raising process. The parents even realized the seriousness of this device that they began to use it as a means for reward and punishment. The results of the field study also highlight that several families in the city of Mosul readied that it is not possible to ignore the effects of this great device. The parents also need to keep a close eye on their children while watching TV and continuously direct them towards educational programs that enhance the child intellectually. The parents also need to teach the child what he is allowed to watch and what is banned and explain the reasons behind these decisions.