Impact of television viewing on the behaviour of school going children from 6-12 yrs

Background: Child resembles a white paper. Which you can draw on it, his personality and conduct. A child is accepting any external impact and information affecting his character in the future. Since any behaviour or activity the child sees may influence his individuality. Television is what attracts the children most and shapes their behaviour. Usually most of the shows that children’s watch is cartoons. Kids shows are one of the everyday propensity for our children, yet animation impacts the kids decidedly and adversely both. So to realize that how an animation influences kids, we choose this topic for research. Aim: The present study aimed to know positive and negative effects of cartoon on behaviour of school going children. Methodology: A survey based descriptive research design was used to main aim of study. Location: This study was conducted at area of Bareilly, city of U.P. Sample size: For these study 100 parents of children in the age group of 6-12 years was selected. Results: This study revealed that children are highly influenced by the cartoons and parents are not satisfied by positive effects of cartoons on their children.