How+Children+of+Different+Ages+View+iCarly,+Steph+Hudson

By Stephanie

What I don't see here is a rationale for why this is a meaningful and important question. Consider the implications the answers to this question might have for parents, for example, or for media producers.
 * Research Question**: How do children of different ages view and respond to themes presented on iCarly?

· //Content analysis//—I will select one or two episodes of iCarly and choose explicit themes presented within the episode(s); themes to be determined
 * Research Methods:**

· //Interviewing and observation//—I will view the selected episodes of iCarly with both a class of 1st grade students from Russell Byers Charter School (6 & 7-year-olds) and 5th grade students from Souderton Charter School Collaborative (11 & 12-year-olds); we will watch the same episodes and after, I will ask the same (or similar) questions to gain an understanding of how differences in ages affect the way students view and/or understand the themes presented in iCarly

Comparing city and suburbs would be OK, but to examine age differences, I would suggest staying in one school. Develop a detailed list of steps in the process of developing this project as I model for Cassie's project (first one listed).

· //Online and library research//—I will collect a sample of research findings regarding the psychological and social development of elementary-aged children and where 1st and 5th graders are in terms of this development, respectively


 * Proposal and expectations:** I believe by examining the viewing habits of children of different ages, I can uncover how children respond to messages that television is presenting to them as an audience. I expect to find that the younger set of children will passively watch iCarly and take the show at face value. While the older students might not fully understand the themes shown, I expect that they will be more or less affected by what they see.