Kaiser set to unveil another study

The Kaiser Family Foundation has scheduled release of its latest survey involving health issues and the media for 6/19/07. Entitled Parents, Children & the Media: A Kaiser Family Foundation Survey, it will address numerous issues, including "media content, media ratings and the V-Chip, media monitoring, educational media, advertising, and the Internet." It proposes to address the following specific issues:

 * Has parent's concern about their children's exposure to potentially inappropriate content in the media changed over time?

 * Do parents understand and/or monitor what their children do on social networking websites?

 * Do parents believe that certain media is educationally beneficial for very young children?

 * How many parents actually use the V-Chip, or the TV ratings?

 * Do parents support or oppose policies to regulate the amount of sex and violence in the family hour?

RBR observation: The two big children's topics on Washington radar screens this year seem to be obesity and violence. With the Senate Commerce Committee expected to reschedule a hearing on the latter some time in June, and with this now on the schedule, it looks like June is violence month. But Ed Markey recently asked the FCC to focus on the obesity issue, so watch for that one to crop back up soon as well.

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