NILAI-NILAI EDUKASI SOSIAL DAN MORAL DALAM TAYANGAN TELEVISI ANAK (STUDI PADA TELEVISI ANAK SPACETOON TANGGAL 1 – 7 NOVEMBER 2007)

Abstract

Today, kids would rather watch television than reading books, watching TV and even Indonesian
children for much longer compared with hours of learning them at school. Television consumed by
children make worried their parents. Imitative behavior this looks very prominent in children and
adolescents. Moreover ability to think children are still relatively modest. They tend to consider
what is displayed in accordance with the actual television. If we consider, in a cartoon with the
theme of heroism, problem-solving characters tend to be quickly and easily through acts of violence.
This means the implied message that the violence must met with violence, cunning and evil as well
as other necessary combated through the same ways.
From inception, "Spacetoon" has referred to himself as TV kids, this can be seen from the
programs offered at where most of the show is a cartoon. Some opinions from the sound consumers
through one Internet site www.kapanlagi.com indeed positive tone to the presence of this television
station. This can evidenced in the past month, the television channel "Spacetoon" seen by as much
as 1.35 million 2.14 million children and housewives too watch when accompanying the child.
The question is whether the program is aired by "Spacetoon" contains the values of social and
educational morality that it becomes a worthy spectacle to be enjoyed by children. The results of
this study indicate that the program to Spacetoon aired by television stations there are still elements
of the anti- social. This can lead to negative imitative nature of children children who are faithful
viewers of this television station. However, besides that when viewed in its entirety, then the element
that dominates the program event at this television station is pro-social, so parents do not need to
worry when children consume-tayangannya impressions.