Abstract:

The speeding up of the importance of the place of television in children’s life has led to a similar speeding up of the worries and fears raised by television and its effects. This topic is the object of a controversial issue. The objective of the present study is to try to overcome this controversy by making an assessment of the various types of consequences, psychological as well as social, of the TV medium on young viewers. The findings drawn after a literature review reinforce the skeptical attitudes toward the child-T.V relation, and, thus, justify the fears expressed. The practical contribution of this work would be to propose a panel of solutions to children caretakers, in order to help them to better manage the child’s relationship with the T.V medium.