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that half an hour a day of viewing educational programming had a
positive impact on children's learning.
What kinds of programs do you think are educational?
The Act states that educational programs can promote
cognitive or social development. The key is whether the program
was designed primarily with education in mind, or whether the
program is primarily designed to entertain.
Most people are familiar with the more than 6 hours of
educational programming every day on PBS. Much of that
programming is definitely entertaining, but its primary purpose
is to educate. of course entertainment is required to keep kids
attention, but the overall design, as in Sesame Street or Cro
that used to be on ABC, is to get across an educational concept.
If you ask someone at Sesame Street what they are trying to
teach, they can easily tell you, and it passes the laugh test.
The Jetsons teaching about life in the 21st century does not .
I
think that is a good test.
There are alot of new children's programs on. Aren't
broadcastere complying with this law voluntarily? Why a mandate
or quota?
The FCC in its inquiry beginning March 1993 found that there
had not been any significant change in the amount of educational
children's programming. Take a look at the TV listings for today
in Washington. Its almost impossible to find a single
educational children's program on a commercial station during the
entire day. That is not serving the public. That is a failure
to meet their obligations to children under the law.
Doesn't FOX have a half hour a day of educational programming?
This year, for the first time since the 1970's, a network
has on educational children's programming during the week. FOX
has made a commitment to children with this programming. It is
not on every affiliate, for example, it is not on in Washington,
and that's too bad But there daily programming, where it is on,
is a great commitment to children.
How much educational programming do ABC, NBC and CBS have on for
kids?
OF course the olbligation is on the station, license holder
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