The perception of media messages by preschool children

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/YC-11-2016-00643" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/YC-11-2016-00643</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/YC-11-2016-00643" target="_blank" >10.1108/YC-11-2016-00643</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The perception of media messages by preschool children

Original language description

The purpose of the study was to ascertain how preschool children consume media, which types of media content they are sensitive to and how children affect the shopping behavior of their parents. In other words, the study aimed at revealing whether distinctions occur among the selection of the media, among preferences of media products and forms, among concepts within advertising, among the attractiveness of media contents, among the types of influence by advertising products and among the means by which boys and girls have impact on their parents. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is focused on the analyses of the perception of advertising messages and media consumption of children aged from two to seven years (N = 55) and their parents (N = 55) in the Czech Republic. The semi-structured interviews with the parents and children were used as the main research method. The children’s drawings focused on popular advertising were used as a supplementary method. The final findings were subjected to qualitative analyses – to thematic content analyses. Findings: The analyzed interviews have revealed four key factors which frame and express the Czech preschool children’s reception and consumption of the media and their consumer behavior: media, media format and media content choice of preschool children; ritualization of the media consumption processes in preschool children; identification of advertising appeals within the media content in preschool children; and influence of media (and a social and cultural environment) on shopping behavior of preschool children. The findings are summarized in the table and visualized in thematic map. Research limitations/implications: The sample size is small; therefore, it is not possible to generalize the results to all preschool children. Originality/value: The study provides an explanation of the perception of media messages by preschool children from a broader perspective, from the children and their parents’ point of view.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Young Consumers

ISSN

1747-3616

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

18

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

20

Pages from-to

121-140

UT code for WoS article

000404865700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85020857512