Penelitian ini mencoba mencermati perilaku mengkonsumsi majalah dan atau tabloid anak pada anak-anak usia sekolah (middle childhood, school age) Sampel populasi adalah murid-murid Sekolah Dasar (SD) di tiga lingkungan sosial di Jakarta yang diasumsikan SD di lingkungan bawah, menengah dan atas yang ditarik secara purposive. Responden adalah murid-murid SD berusia 7 - 12 tahun (kelas 2 - kelas 6 SD) yang membaca majalah dan atau tabloid anak sebanyak 439 anak, termasuk 3 anak sebagai informan.Penelitian ini merupakan kombinasi studi kuantitatif dan kualitatif yang dilakukan secara bertahap. Tahap pertama studi kuantitatif, dan tahap selanjutnya studi kualitatif. Pengumpulan data kuantitatif melalui survei menggunakan kuesioner. Sedangkan studi kualititatif secara in-depth interviews. Hasil pengumpulan data kuantitatif diolah menggunakan SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences). Dalam analisa hasil penelitian, data kualitatif disampirkan pada data kuantitatif sebagai gambaran pelengkap. Penuturan lengkap para informan disusun tersendiri dalam bentuk narasi.Hasil uji statistik chi-square menunjukkan lingkungan sosial berpengaruh terhadap inisiatif membaca, cara memperoleh majalah atau tabloid anak, dan waktu membaca anak. Sementara lingkungan sosial tidak berpengaruh terhadap lama dan cara membaca. Lingkungan sosial berpengaruh terhadap motivasi membaca untuk memenuhi kebutuhan afektif, integratif personal dan pelepasan tekanan. Anakanak dari sekolah di lingkungan menengah dan atas cenderung berpendapat dengan membaca mereka dapat berimajinasi, memiliki pengetahuan baru dan tidak tegang lagi daripada anak-anak sekolah di lingkungan bawah .Jenis kelamin berpengaruh terhadap pemenuhan kebutuhan afektif dan pelepasan tekanan. Anak perempuan cenderung merasa senang sekali saat membaca majalah atau tabloid anak dan tidak merasa tegang lagi dibanding anak laki-laki. Usia berpengaruh terhadap motivasi membaca untuk memenuhi kebutuhan kognitif, afektif, integratif personal, integratif sosial dan pelepasan tekanan. Anak-anak dalam kategori usia 7 - 8 tahun cenderung membaca untuk pemenuhan kebutuhan kognitif, integratif personal dan integratif sosial. Anak dalam kategori usia 9 - 10 membaca untuk memenuhi kebutuhan afektif. Sedangkan anak-anak dalam kategori usia 11 - 12 tahun membaca untuk pelepasan tekanan.

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Children's Magazines and Tabloids Consumtion by School-Age Children (Research On Uses And Gratifications Approach Among Elementary School (SD) Students in the DKI Jakarta (Special Region Of Jakarta Area)This research attempts to look into the behavior of consuming children's magazines and/or tabloids among school-age (middle childhood, school (age) children). The population sample is Elementary School (SD) students at three social environments in Jakarta assumed to be SD within lower, middle and upper environments drawn purposively. The respondents are SD students of 7 - 12 years of age (level 2 - level 6 SD) reading children's magazines and/or tabloids totaling 439 children including 3 children as informers.

This research contitutes a combination of quantitative and qualitative studies conducted gradually. The first phase is quantitative study, and the subsequent phase qualitative study. Collection of quantitative data through survey using questionnaires.Whereas the qualitative study by means of in-depth interviews. The result of collection of quantitative data is processed using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences). In the analysis of research result, the qualitative data is attached to quantitative data as supplementary description. Full reports of the informers are compiled separately in the form of narration.

The result of chi-square test shows that the social environment affects the initiative to read, method of obtaining the children's magazines or tabloids, and the reading time. Whereas the social environment does not affect the length and method of reading. The social environment affects the motivation to read to meet personal affective, social integrative needs and release of tension. The children from the school within the middle and upper environment tend to be of the opinion that by reading they can imagine, obtain new knowledge and are no longer tense compared to the school students within the lower environment.

The type of sex affects the fulfillment of affective needs and release of tension. Girls tend to be very happy when reading children's magazines or tabloids, and no longer feel tense compared to boys. The age affects the motivation to read to fulfill the cognitive, affective, personal integrative, social integrative, and release of tension needs. Children in the age of 7 - 8 years tend to read for fulfillment of cognitive, personal integrative and social integrative needs. Children in the age category of 9 - 10 years read to fulfill the affective needs. Whereas children in the age category of 11 - 12 years read for release of tension.