William Clark sues University of Washington for baby video research records
Litigation follows two-year effort to have complete records released voluntarily
Days since first public records request: 895
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Statement from William Clark | January 21, 2010
The University of Washington published a study in 2004 that associated television viewing by children under 3 with subsequent attention problems, such as ADHD. Three years later, new research forced them to correct this conclusion. ... read moreThe University of Washington published a study in 2004 that associated television viewing by children under 3 with subsequent attention problems, such as ADHD. Three years later, new research forced them to correct this conclusion. Upon closer inspection of their data, they discovered that only violent and non-violent entertainment programming, not educational programming, caused ADHD and other attentional problems. That was a stunning reversal that went unreported in the press. About the same time of their reversal, the same research group
announced that home video viewing by children under 2 caused a paper-thin vocabulary deficit that appeared and disappeared within a few months. The University has resisted independent evaluation of its results for almost three years. It makes me wonder if we'll see a repeat of what happened with their 2004 ADHD study.
show lessStatement from William Clark | January 15, 2010
This is open records litigation. It does not speak to the issues of the baby video debate. It only seeks to provide access to public records ... read moreThis is open records litigation. It does not speak to the issues of the baby video debate. It only seeks to provide access to public records that have helped shaped that debate. If the University is confident with the efficacy of its experimental designs, and stands behind its conclusions, it should honor its own Open Access To Research Results guidelines and voluntarily release the records in their entirety. The University has resisted releasing records from one study for more than 840 days, and in the case of the other study could not find any records of its own responsive to my request. We'll see what the Court says. show lessFast facts
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