A study on representation of children labours and tehir working conditions in prime-time t.v. series broadcasting in national television channels in Turkey: "Bizim Hikaye (our story)"

Children's participation in working life, briefly as in most countries of the World, is one of Turkey's most important problem need to be solved. According to the results of the Child Labor Force Survey dated April 2, 2013 numbered 13659; The number of working children in the 6-14 age group is 292 thousand and in the 15-17 age group is 601 thousand. Numbers include agriculture, industry and services sectors. However, this study focuses on the problem of child labor in the media sector. In this context, it has been examined that how children actors presented as labours and how their working conditions seem on the screen and how all these are considered by the audience at the media sector including effective television programs on television as visual media tools. In this study, children actors who play role in one of the Turkish prime-time TV serie "Bizim Hikâye/ Our Story" broadcasting in FOX television channel and their working conditions have been analyzed in frame of content analyze method. Moreover beyond content analyz method the rights of children in television series as actors and their opinions about their rights, law and working conditions were revealed by survey method. The findings of the study show that children labors are treated in the media sector, as in other sectors, and the working conditions of children labors in the T.V. series are stern and children labors considered as equal to the adult workforce. The survey findings support the difficulty of the working conditions of the children working in the series, while the children do not even aware of they are accepted as "labor". As result of this it can be said that situation identification problem is occured; they are ignored and they are just treated like adult actors. Keywords: Child, Child Labor, Media, Television, T.V. Serial, Children Labors as Working as Actor