TV still has a strong hold on Canadian families, says report

MONTREAL – Far from endangered, television has a unifying social impact on the nuclear family across the country according to Are the Kids All Right?, a new study funded by Bell Media and supported by the Canada Media Fund. The report looked at the television viewing habits of Canadian families with at least one child aged between nine and 12 years. The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by André H. Caron, professor of communications at the Université de Montréal and Director of the Centre for Youth and Media Studies (CYMS). “Young Canadians today live in a...