1. Topic Area; children and the media

2. Proposed title, question, hypothesis; "how are children between the ages of 10-12 affected by television and film", "what are the responses of children inbetween 10-12 to the television and film that they watch", "children watch a lot of "damaging" material in television and films. But what do they have to say about what they see and how does it affect them?"

3. Teacher approval granted, in principal? yes

4. Principle texts (if text based study)

5. Reason for choise; genuinley interested in this topic, lots of information on it, both primary and secondorary sources easy to get hold of.

6. Academic context for this study

7. Institutional context for this study (industry focus, other texts for comparison, named practitioners, relevant theory, issues, questions)

8. Identify the audience context for this study (audience profile, access to audience, potential sample) A comparison between gendersMainly targeted at adults because they are the ones tha adverts are aimed at

9. How will the 4 key concepts be relevant to your study (audience, institution, forms and conventions, representation)?

10 Potential research sources (secondary): secondary academic books and websites, secondary industry books and websites, secondary popular criticism. Please identify specific examples you have come across.

11. Potential research sources (primary): audience reception research, your own content/textual analysis etcAnalysis of car adverts from the televisionAnalysis of car adverts from magazines and news papersFocus groups - getting audiences to respond to certain advertsGender analysis - getting responsess from both men and women on car adverts and comparing them

12. Modifications agreed with your lead teacher

13. Potential limits/obstacles/problems?

14. Teacher concerns

15. Teacher approval

initial ideas

The censorship debate could be tackled from various angles, e.g. violence and fear - what frightens children on tv and should censorship be tighter in the light of this?