The Media and Information: children's responses to the Gulf War

This paper analyses research that took place in a European country not involved with the Gulf War to explore the reactions of school children to the news dealing with that particular event. It sought to ascertain the kind of knowledge accumulated about a media event, what impact it has on the school curriculum and the relationship of such news events to levels of anxiety and areas of interest. The results showed the separation between children's knowledge of the news and the curriculum at school, the different styles of gathering information and the lack of detailed discussion about such events.