Call for Research--The Consuming Child-in-Context in Unhealthy and Unsustainable Times

Autor/inn/en	Skouteris, Helen; Do, Michael; Rutherford, Leonie; Cutter-Mackenzie, Amy; Edwards, Susan
Titel	Call for Research--The Consuming Child-in-Context in Unhealthy and Unsustainable Times
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 26 (2010), S.33-45 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0814-0626
Schlagwörter	Television Viewing; Obesity; Consumer Education; Preschool Children; Consumer Economics; Child Health; Environment; Environmental Education; Beliefs; Prediction; Sustainability; Well Being; Mass Media Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fernsehkonsum; Adipositas; Konsumerziehung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Konsumökonomie; Umwelt; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Belief; Glaube; Vorhersage; Nachhaltigkeit; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	Childhood obesity is a highly complex issue with serious health and environmental implications. It has been postulated that young children (preschool-aged in particular) are able to internalise positive environmental beliefs. Applying a socioecological theoretical perspective, in this discussion paper we argue that although children may internalise such beliefs, they commonly behave in ways that contradict these beliefs as demonstrated by their consumer choices. The media directly influences these consumer choices and growing evidence suggests that media exposure (particularly commercial television viewing) may be a significant "player" in the prediction of childhood obesity. However, there is still debate as to whether childhood obesity is caused by digital media use per se or whether other factors mediate this relationship. Growing evidence suggests that researchers should examine whether different types of content have conflicting influences on a child's consumer choices and, by extension, obesity. The extent to which young children connect their consumer choices and the sustainability of the product/s they consume with their overall health and wellbeing has not previously been researched. To these ends, we call for further research on this socioecological phenomenon among young children, particularly with respect to the influence of digital media use on a child's consumer behaviours. (Contains 2 endnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10